Mother
The Nostromo's computer. Kept secrets from her children. A recurring name for ship computers, and for a reason.
Ominousship2 syllables1 token
Costs 1 token on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 73,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
Parents file births at the Agent Name Administration. Register Mother
ORIGIN
See below
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
Not a human name
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
3 dogs in New York
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What we know
The Nostromo's computer. Kept secrets from her children. A recurring name for ship computers, and for a reason.
Popularity
No human has been named Mother five times in a single year since 1880, which is the threshold at which the Social Security Administration records a name.
It is also on 3 dog licences in New York City, ranked 17,283rd among dogs there.
Villain probability
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Collisions
Checking eight registries.
What parents think
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Questions about Mother
How popular is Mother for human babies?
No human has been named Mother five times in a single year since 1880, which is the threshold at which the Social Security Administration records a name.
How many agents are named Mother?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Mother?
60%. Basis: the canon. Complicated (research/03).
Is Mother a shell command?
No. Mother is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Mother?
This entry lists Hal, Skynet, and Ultron.
Similar names
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