Computers named using the recommendations in RFC1178.

Artificial Intelligences

xerces
(sic), AI from the Von Braun (System Shock); retired workstation
shodan
re-evaluated her priorities and drew new conclusions (System Shock); retired parents' PC
leela
ship operations AI on the Marathon, later dismantled and shipped to the Pfhor homeworld for study (Marathon); retired
hal
AI on the Discovery (2001: A Space Odyssey); retired Windows VM on xerces
tycho
science AI on the Marathon, captured by the Pfhor and reconditioned to serve them (Marathon); workstation
durandal
function/control AI on the Marathon, contacted the Pfhor; present whereabouts unknown, possibly extra-universal (Marathon); laptop
mycroft
achieved sentience through sufficient complexity on Luna (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress); retired Windows VM, or was it a laptop?
wintermute
Tessier-Ashpool AI, (virtual machine on tycho)
emelia

AI from Digital: A Love Story; retired backup VM

lysander

from Free Radical; retired Bitcoin miner

traxus
AI on Mars, famously underwent Rampancy, resulting in the complete shutdown of the Martian planetary net (Marathon); VPS

Future names: List_of_fictional_computers

Swords

hrunting
sword of Beowulf (Beowulf); iPad
chrysaor
sword of Artegal (The Faerie Queen); phone
sanglamore
sword of Braggadocchio, the dishonorable knight; phone
almace
sword of Bishop Turpin; media PC
joyeux
sword of Charlemagne; work laptop
fragarach
sword of Nuada (Irish mythology); work laptop
dyrnwyn
sword of Rhydderch Hael (Celtic mythology); phone
galatine
sword given to Gawaine by the Lady of the Lake; laptop

Future names: List_of_fictional_swords List_of_mythological_objects

Rivers

Computers built for other people

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