"Skynet" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈskaɪnɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Skynet.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From sky and network. The first satellite, Skynet 1A, was launched on 22 November 1969. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Skynet
  1. A family of United Kingdom military communications satellites. Categories (topical): Machines, Telecommunications
    Sense id: en-Skynet-en-name-R6kaGnbK Disambiguation of Machines: 58 42 Disambiguation of Telecommunications: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈskaɪnɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Skynet.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From the Terminator film series, the first of which, The Terminator, premiered in 1984. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Skynet
  1. (science fiction) A distributed artificial intelligence system that is aware of the physical world and acts autonomously through cyborgs and computer control systems. Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-Skynet-en-name-bMsxV28w Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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