Transmogs

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For the concept of transmogrification, see shapeshifting.

In the science fiction stories of Clifford D. Simak, such as Installment plan, transmogs are special-purpose auxiliary brains that can be plugged into robots. The concept is explained in one such story by a conversation between the protagonist, Carter Horton, and Nicodemus, a robot:

"You mean you have a box of auxiliary brains that you just plug in!"

"Not really brains," said Nicodemus. "They are called transmogs, although I’m not sure why. Someone once told me the term was short for transmogrification. Is there such a word?"

"I don’t know," said Horton.

"Well, anyhow," said Nicodemus, "I have a chef transmog and a physician transmog and a biochemist transmog — well, you get the idea."

[edit] Destroy all Humans 2

Also used in the video game Destroy all Humans 2. In the game you can use the transmogrification in order to convert vehicles and other items into ammo and health.

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[edit] See also

• positronic brain
• coprocessor
• dongle