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It has been speculated that any sufficiently compatible computer-tans of the same species (OS, hardware, program, etc) could produce a child together. However, there are no documented cases of computer-tans reproducing in such a way. The only fanon example of an OS-tan produced from two parents is NT-tan. The yet-unpersonified PDP-12-tan would be another case of a computer-tan derived from two parents - in her case, [[LINC]] and [[PDP-8]]-tan. | It has been speculated that any sufficiently compatible computer-tans of the same species (OS, hardware, program, etc) could produce a child together. However, there are no documented cases of computer-tans reproducing in such a way. The only fanon example of an OS-tan produced from two parents is NT-tan. The yet-unpersonified PDP-12-tan would be another case of a computer-tan derived from two parents - in her case, [[LINC]] and [[PDP-8]]-tan. | ||
====Difficulties of classifying computer-tan lineages==== | |||
There are no set guidelines, even in fanon, regarding what separates direct ancestors (such as mothers and grandmothers) from elder siblings. As such, it is not uncommon to see OS- or computer-tans who personify ancestor/descendant systems portrayed as sisters rather than mother/daughter. In canon, the various Windows-tans provide a good example of this - in spite of the various Windows releases being sequential (for instance, Windows 2000 being the ancestor of XP, which in turn is ancestral to Vista), the Windows-tans are portrayed as sisters rather than a long line of ancestors and descendants. | |||
Sometimes the term "modified clone" is used to denote the child of an OS-tan, particularly when the parent OS-tan has little intervention in the child's life, or is treated as a sibling to the "clone" rather than a parent. PDP-1 and her "modified clones" - PDP-7 and PDP-4 - are a good example of this practice. | |||
==Factors that determine remaining life force, decline, and death== | ==Factors that determine remaining life force, decline, and death== | ||