37 relations: Aggression, Anarchy, Antimatter, Artificial intelligence, Consider Phlebas, Culture series, Economic planning, Ellipsoid, Elsevier, Exabyte, Excession, Extraversion and introversion, GCU Grey Area, Hard disk drive, Humanism, Hyperspace, Iain Banks, Leadership, List of spacecraft in the Culture series, Look to Windward, Magnetic storage, Matter (novel), Metamathematics, Operating system, Orbital (The Culture), Order of magnitude, Personal life, Planet, Post-scarcity economy, Ringworld, Routledge, Special Circumstances, Starship, The Player of Games, University of California, Berkeley School of Information, Utopia, Yottabyte.
Aggression
Aggression is overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual.
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Anarchy
Anarchy is the condition of a society, entity, group of people, or a single person that rejects hierarchy.
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Antimatter
In modern physics, antimatter is defined as a material composed of the antiparticle (or "partners") to the corresponding particles of ordinary matter.
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.
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Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks.
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Culture series
The Culture series is a science fiction series written by Scottish author Iain M. Banks.
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Economic planning
Economic planning is a mechanism for the allocation of resources between and within organizations which is held in contrast to the market mechanism.
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Ellipsoid
An ellipsoid is a surface that may be obtained from a sphere by deforming it by means of directional scalings, or more generally, of an affine transformation.
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Elsevier
Elsevier is an information and analytics company and one of the world's major providers of scientific, technical, and medical information.
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Exabyte
The exabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Excession
Excession is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks.
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Extraversion and introversion
The trait of extraversion–introversion is a central dimension of human personality theories.
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GCU Grey Area
In the novel Excession by Iain Banks, the GCU Grey Area is a General Contact Unit (a self-aware spaceship dedicated to the task of exploring the universe and interacting with other species) of the fictional Culture society that has turned eccentric.
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Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk is an electromechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material.
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Humanism
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism and empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition.
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Hyperspace
Hyperspace is a faster-than-light (FTL) method of traveling used in science fiction.
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Iain Banks
Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author.
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Leadership
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
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List of spacecraft in the Culture series
This is a list of spacecraft found in the Culture novels and short stories by Iain M. Banks.
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Look to Windward
Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000.
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Magnetic storage
Magnetic storage or magnetic recording is the storage of data on a magnetized medium.
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Matter (novel)
Matter is a science fiction novel from Iain M. Banks set in his Culture universe.
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Metamathematics
Metamathematics is the study of mathematics itself using mathematical methods.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Orbital (The Culture)
In Iain M. Banks' fictional Culture universe, an Orbital (sometimes also simply called an O or a small ring) is a purpose-built space habitat forming a ring typically around 3 million km (1.9 million miles) in diameter.
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Order of magnitude
An order of magnitude is an approximate measure of the number of digits that a number has in the commonly-used base-ten number system.
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Personal life
Personal life is the course of an individual's life, especially when viewed as the sum of personal choices contributing to one's personal identity.
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Planet
A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.
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Post-scarcity economy
Post-scarcity is an economic theory in which most goods can be produced in great abundance with minimal human labor needed, so that they become available to all very cheaply or even freely.
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Ringworld
Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
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Special Circumstances
Special Circumstances, abbreviated SC, is a "secret service"-type organisation that exists within the fictional anarchist utopian science fiction civilisation known as the Culture.
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Starship
A starship, starcraft or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between planetary systems, as opposed to an aerospace-vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel.
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The Player of Games
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988.
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University of California, Berkeley School of Information
The UC Berkeley School of Information or the I School is a graduate school offering three degree programs: a professional master's degree in information management (MIMS), a professional master's degree in data science (MIDS), and an academic doctoral degree.
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Utopia
A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.
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Yottabyte
The yottabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_(The_Culture)