nanobot = N = nanofortnight

nanocomputer /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ n.

A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.