worldbuilding
It’s about divergences in computer technology — Or in other words, some conversations elsewhere have made it evident that it would be useful to have some of these things out here for discussion, and since this is going to involve comparisons to Earthling ways of doing things, it’s going
trope-a-day
Plug’n’Play Technology: Played mostly straight, at least in the Empire. They’ve had a lot longer to work on it – and for various technologies to stabilize – and the consumers are both savvier about this sort of thing (because tinkering, integrating, and even Home Invention is so common) and
Living Object Protocol
So, a little while back I was having this discussion (scroll down) regarding starships, and where exactly the seat of their identity might be said to lie, with particular reference to the Ship of Theseus problem. And, as it happens, Imperial technology already has a thing or two to say