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Concept in computing
In computing, split-brain is a state indicating data or availability inconsistencies originating from the maintenance of two separate data sets with overlap
Split-brain_(computing)
Condition of the human brain
Split-brain or callosal syndrome is a type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to
Split-brain
Scientific research project
knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine. Its successor was the European Brain Research Infrastructures (EBRAINS) project
Human_Brain_Project
Biological molecules for computations
Computer DNA computing Human biocomputer Molecular electronics Nanotechnology Nanobiotechnology Organoid intelligence Peptide computing Wetware computer
Biological_computing
Programming paradigm in which many processes are executed simultaneously
parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has
Parallel_computing
Specialization of some cognitive functions in one side of the brain
using both healthy and split-brain patients. However, there are numerous counterexamples to each generalization and each human's brain develops differently
Lateralization of brain function
Lateralization_of_brain_function
Neuropsychological concept
activities. Although the concept of the left-brain interpreter was initially based on experiments on patients with split-brains, it has since been shown to apply
Left-brain_interpreter
Term in human neuroanatomy referring to several things
processing came from patients who underwent split-brain procedures to treat disorders such as epilepsy. In split-brain patients, the corpus callosum is cut,
Brain_asymmetry
Scientific study of the nervous system
University in Germany. It was developed as part of the Human Brain Project's neuromorphic computing platform and is the complement to the SpiNNaker supercomputer
Neuroscience
Hypothetical concept in neuroscience
their one brain after undergoing a corpus callosotomy. The idea first began circulating in the neuroscience community after some split-brain patients exhibited
Dual_consciousness
Professional casino card counters
prospectus. Per the terms of the investment offering, players and investors split the profits with players paid in proportion to their playing hours and computer
MIT_Blackjack_Team
Type of extremely powerful computer
computing whereby a "super virtual computer" of many loosely coupled volunteer computing machines performs very large computing tasks. Grid computing
Supercomputer
American neurophysiologist and cybernetician (1898–1969)
threshold logic which split the inquiry into two distinct approaches, one approach focused on biological processes in the brain and the other focused
Warren_Sturgis_McCulloch
Small computing device worn on the body
wearable computer, also known as a body-borne computer or wearable, is a computing device worn on the body. The definition of 'wearable computer' may be
Wearable_computer
Method by which work is assigned
In computing, scheduling is the action of assigning resources to perform tasks. The resources may be processors, network links or expansion cards. The
Scheduling_(computing)
computing from 2020 to the present. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing. Significant events in computing
Timeline of computing 2020–present
Timeline_of_computing_2020–present
Large language model and AI chatbot by Anthropic
it was the Golden Gate Bridge (and other glimpses into the mysterious AI brain)". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on May 22, 2025. Retrieved February
Claude_(language_model)
2007 video game
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, known in PAL regions as Big Brain Academy for Wii, is a video game released for the Wii. A sequel to the game Big Brain Academy
Big_Brain_Academy:_Wii_Degree
Mental illness with multiple personality states
of a child's undeveloped personality gradually integrate as the child's brain grows and develops. Delinking early trauma from the etiology of dissociation
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative_identity_disorder
Computational model used in machine learning
images. Unsupervised pre-training and increased computing power from GPUs and distributed computing allowed the use of larger networks, particularly
Neural network (machine learning)
Neural_network_(machine_learning)
Conscious subjective experience
Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (2nd ed.). The MIT Press. Tao J, Tan T (2005). "Affective Computing: A Review". Affective Computing and Intelligent
Emotion
Medical investigation technique
used to examine blood vessels in many key areas of the body including the brain, kidneys, pelvis, and the lungs. Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is the use
Computed tomography angiography
Computed_tomography_angiography
American multinational technology company
U.S. patents generated by a business. IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), a holding company of manufacturers
IBM
Measure of the amount of work needed to perform a computing task
fine-grained system (from outside the parallel computing domain) is the system of neurons in our brain. Connection Machine (CM-2) and J-Machine are examples
Granularity (parallel computing)
Granularity_(parallel_computing)
Gender disparity in computing concerns the disparity between the number of men in the field of computing in relation to the lack of women in the field
Gender_disparity_in_computing
with a half-eaten apple near his bed in 1954 and was a key figure in computing history, Apple's logo designer Rob Janoff has repeatedly denied any connection
List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_science,_technology,_and_mathematics
Solid-state electronics based on electron spin
computational operations, which is challenging for conventional computing architectures. Traditional computing follows the von Neumann architecture, where memory and
Spintronics
Laboratory at US university
research scope and membership. It is part of the Schwarzman College of Computing but is also overseen by the MIT Vice President of Research. CSAIL's research
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory
Type of machine learning model
Programming". CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1–10. doi:10.1145/3491101.3519729
Large_language_model
2026 Android mobile operating system
2026. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Abner Li (January 13, 2026). "Android 17' split Notifications & Quick Settings panels leak in full [Gallery]". 9To5Google
Android_17
Online archive of e-prints
(1998). "A Computing Research Repository". D-Lib Magazine. 4 (11). doi:10.1045/november98-halpern. Halpern, Joseph Y. (2000). "CoRR: A computing research
ArXiv
Computer-simulated experience
engaging multiple senses (sight, sound, smell, and touch). Predating digital computing, the Sensorama was a mechanical device. Heilig also developed what he
Virtual_reality
American multinational technology company
designed specifically for quantum computing. The development caused a noticeable market surge for allied quantum computing companies. During the same month
Nvidia
Brain malformation; large clefts in the cerebrum
Schizencephaly (from Greek skhizein 'to split' and enkephalos 'brain') is a rare birth defect of the brain, characterized by abnormal clefts lined with
Schizencephaly
Text used for user authentication to prove identity
reply. Passwords have been used with computers since the earliest days of computing. The Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), an operating system introduced
Password
Financial computing shared service
other than its four former owners. Computing a Nation by Databank Systems Limited (c1988, 16-page booklet) Computing a Nation C of IR v. Databank Systems
Databank_Systems
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
B. Jack (18 December 2000). "The Modern History of Computing". The Modern History of Computing (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Stanford Encyclopedia
Charles_Babbage
Endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates
pineal gland (also called the pineal body) is a small endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates. It produces melatonin, a serotonin-derived hormone
Pineal_gland
American mathematician (1918–2020)
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was hiring for its West Area computing section. At the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, based in Hampton
Katherine_Johnson
Phenomenon of the mind while sleeping
their work with split-brain subjects, Gazzaniga and LeDoux postulated, without attempting to specify the neural mechanisms, a "left-brain interpreter" that
Dream
Group of computers that run with minimum downtime
In computing, high-availability clusters (HA clusters) or fail-over clusters are groups of computers that support server applications that can be reliably
High-availability_cluster
Decision support system for Australian divorces
The split-up system: integrating neural networks and rule-based reasoning in the legal domain. Nolan, J.R. and Zeleznikow, J., Using soft computing to
Split_Up_(expert_system)
2014 French science fiction action film
found the plot nonsensical, especially its focus on the ten-percent-of-the-brain myth and resulting abilities. Lucy is an American studying in Taipei. Her
Lucy_(2014_film)
Medical condition
is distinctly different from an encephalocele, which is a herniation of brain tissue and/or leptomeninges, that develops through a defect in the skull
Nasal_glial_heterotopia
Undergraduate and graduate dormitories
Dining (open daily to all MIT students for breakfast and dinner), Athena computing cluster, and workout rooms. The TFL was so named at the first Next House
Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
Web browser developed by Google
Chrome's design bridges the gap between desktop and so-called "cloud computing". At the touch of a button, Chrome lets you make a desktop, Start menu
Google_Chrome
American multinational technology company
online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence
Use of multiple languages
Multilingualism in computing can be considered part of a continuum between internationalization and localization. Due to the status of English in computing, software
Multilingualism
Philosophical concept
emergent property of a physical brain. Critics argue that this then leads to a decombination problem: how is it possible to split a single, universal conscious
Hard_problem_of_consciousness
1992–2010 American electronics company
run Palm OS Garnet, four editions of the Treo run Windows Mobile. Palm Computing, Inc., was founded in 1992 by Jeff Hawkins, who later hired Donna Dubinsky
Palm,_Inc.
Region of the brain that processes visual information
In mammals, the visual cortex of the brain is the area of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information. The visual cortex is located in the occipital
Visual_cortex
Research labs, education in Massachusetts, US
time. Real-world usability was improved by adding an electrical outlet splitter, so that the sometimes-scarce office power receptacles would not be monopolized
Green_Building_(MIT)
high school and middle school students until 2013, when the program was split. Spark now handled middle school students, and Splash was only for high
MIT Educational Studies Program
MIT_Educational_Studies_Program
Window manager with non-overlapping frames
In computing, a tiling window manager is a window manager with the organization of the screen often dependent on mathematical formulas to organise the
Tiling_window_manager
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
have been cited 92,300 times in scholarly journals, from which cloud computing was the most cited page. Wikipedia has spawned several sister projects
Wikipedia
American artificial intelligence company
previously invested over $13 billion into OpenAI, and provides Azure cloud computing resources. In October 2025, OpenAI conducted a $6.6 billion share sale
OpenAI
Cornell University a cappella group
cut their first record. In 1956, the Waiters decided they could no longer split their efforts between choral and small group singing, and permanently dissociated
Cayuga's_Waiters
American collegiate a cappella ensemble
University. The previous holders of that distinction, the Cayuga's Waiters, split from the Cornell University Glee Club in 1956 and existed as an independent
The Hangovers (Cornell University)
The_Hangovers_(Cornell_University)
Physical substance of the human organism
nerves, ganglia and gray matter, which in turn form the brain and related structures. The brain is the organ of thought, emotion, memory, and sensory processing;
Human_body
Theory within consciousness research
spectrum, as implied by studies involving split-brain patients and conscious patients with large amounts of brain matter missing. IIT aims to explain which
Integrated_information_theory
R&D funding agency of the UK Government
photonics, and nuclear physics; and Scaling Compute, led by Suraj Bramhavar, targeting reducing AI computing costs by a factor of 1,000. UK Research and
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Advanced_Research_and_Invention_Agency
Belgian information technology company
Dutch). Retrieved 2020-08-06. "Cegeka wil Oostenrijkse Brain Force overnemen". www.computable.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-09-25. Hoof, Nina van (2016-03-04)
Cegeka
Genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous
details of its anatomy, allowing for specialized studies focusing on its brain structure and forelimb function. Acrocanthosaurus was the largest theropod
Acrocanthosaurus
Isolation of malfunctioning computer resources
consider the rest of the cluster to be the one that is malfunctioning, a split brain condition could ensue, and cause data corruption. Instead, the system
Fencing_(computing)
biophysical simulation and neuromorphic computing inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Nanodevices for very large scale principal
History of artificial neural networks
History_of_artificial_neural_networks
Businessman and public official (born 1971)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. At age ten, he developed an interest in computing and video games, teaching himself how to program from the VIC-20 user
Elon_Musk
Marching band in the Ivy League
changes would significantly alter the face of the band almost as much as its split from ROTC. With the admittance of women beginning in 1970, the BRMB became
Cornell_Big_Red_Marching_Band
Effort being used in the working memory
Multimodal interfaces (ICMI-MLMI '09). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 193–198. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.219.4733. doi:10.1145/1647314
Cognitive_load
Wargame
Deluxe for DOS, Mac OS, and Windows, released in 1993 with New World Computing as the publisher. Empire Deluxe sustained the old game play of Interstel's
Empire_(1977_video_game)
American businessman (1953–2018)
Mouse Brain Atlas, Allen Human Brain Atlas and the Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas. It helped to advance and shape the White House's BRAIN Initiative
Paul_Allen
College campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
priorities over MIT's history. MIT's architectural history can be broadly split into four eras: the Boston campus, the new Cambridge campus before World
Campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Campus_of_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
National academy for natural sciences of China
formally began its computing program when it launched the Twelve-Year Science Plan and formed the Beijing Institute of Computing Technology under the
Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
working with the Sperry Gyroscope Company, developed gyroscopic lead-computing gunsights for the Navy; the Mark 14 sight alone was manufactured in some
History of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
History_of_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
Human hybridization during the Paleolithic
alleles was found to be significantly lower in the brain and testes relative to other tissues. In the brain, this was most pronounced at the cerebellum and
Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans
Interbreeding_between_archaic_and_modern_humans
American game show host (born 1974)
guest-hosted the program after the death of host Alex Trebek that year. Jennings split full-time hosting duties with Mayim Bialik from 2021 to 2023, when he was
Ken_Jennings
2015 South Korean TV series or program
whole recording of the episode would end. Season 3 features the theme of Brain Wanderers Squad/Travelling Brainiacs (브레인 유랑단), where the cast goes outdoors
Problematic_Men
Processes which grow and shape an organism's nervous tissue over its lifetime(s)
from the ectoderm via neurulation. This tube then differentiates into the brain and spinal cord through regionalization and patterning by morphogen gradients
Development of the nervous system
Development_of_the_nervous_system
Research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project MAC provided the basis for the development of computing networking. The project was later split off into the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Research_Laboratory_of_Electronics
Missile guidance computer
00 20, s SAL Split accumulator left shift 00 22, s ALS Accumulator left shift 00 24, 2 SLL Split left word left shift 00 26, r SLR Split left word right
D-17B
Hominin fossil
genus Homo had split from the great apes as long as 30 million years ago and so felt uneasy about accepting that humans had a small-brained, ape-like ancestor
Taung_Child
Ability to perceive differences in light frequency
layers of neurons ultimately leading to higher cognitive functions in the brain. Color vision is found in many animals and is mediated by similar underlying
Color_vision
American business executive (born 1973)
David Rosenblatt, who had become DoubleClick's new CEO in the wake of the split, to work at the company in 2005. Together, they reoriented the company,
Neal_Mohan
Parallel programming model
adapted to several computing environments like multi-core and many-core systems, desktop grids, multi-cluster, volunteer computing environments, dynamic
MapReduce
Social media platform owned by Meta
engage us". Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. pp. 965–974. doi:10.1145/2556288.2557403. ISBN 978-1-4503-2473-1
SpaceX 2019: IBM launches IBM Q System One, its first integrated quantum computing system for commercial use. 2020: The first mRNA vaccine to be approved
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Elementary particle involved with rest mass
collisions were analysed by the LHC Computing Grid, the world's largest computing grid (as of 2012), comprising over 170 computing facilities in a worldwide network
Higgs_boson
Country in East Asia
Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262380270. Tsang, S. (2006). If China Attacks
Taiwan
Economic sector of video games
gaming is a gaming method based on cloud computing. The main technologies used in cloud gaming include cloud computing technology, which completes game operation
Video_game_industry
Optimization algorithm
increased their performance and can be compared to the human brain. The model of the brain has become the ultimate vision of computers. Ambient networks
Ant colony optimization algorithms
Ant_colony_optimization_algorithms
1995 video game
in a metaphorical brain that looks like the surface of the cerebrum, with glass structures that jut crazily from the bleeding brain tissue. AM's mind
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game)
I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream_(video_game)
History, Ideology & Political Science, Music, Fine Arts, PE, Technology, Computing, etc. Some schools may also offer vocational subjects. Generally speaking
Education_in_China
Area of London, England
School that year. It took its current name in 2020. Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College is a community school for boys, the curriculum is
Stepney
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'marrow, brain', since ancient medical writers believed that semen descended from the brain through the bones; if this is correct
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
British politician (born 1933)
and Tindall, who had secured another coup by publishing Computing for the British Computing Society. BPC was in financial trouble in 1971, and Heseltine
Michael_Heseltine
American mainframe and supercomputer firm (1957–1999)
historical documents about CDC Control Data User Manuals Library @ Computing History Computing history describing the use of a range of CDC systems and equipment
Control_Data_Corporation
Private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Electronics, and the SAGE air-defense system—gave rise in the 1960s to digital computing laboratories. Project MAC, launched in 1963 with ARPA funding, drew researchers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
Programming language with English-like syntax
although in recent years, many COBOL operations have been moved to cloud computing. In the late 1950s, computer users and manufacturers were becoming concerned
COBOL
Creating sequence of numbers that cannot be predicted
"Chapter 7. Random Numbers". Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing (3rd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88068-8
Random_number_generation
American international technology company
Alphabet's shares rose about 5% after the company unveiled its new quantum computing chip, Willow. The chip solved a complex problem in five minutes, a task
Alphabet_Inc.
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
"Facebook's facial recognition software is now as accurate as the human brain, but what now?". ExtremeTech. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 3, 2017. Gannes
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
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Female
English
Modern English name, either derived from from the vocabulary word, or a revival of the medieval English personal name Rayne, RAIN means "queen." Compare with masculine Rain.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Rain; Grain
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Split
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Momentary; Split Second
Male
English
 Old French derogatory byname derived from the Old Occitan word brian, BRIAN means "maggot." Compare with another form of Brian.
Male
Arthurian
, (king; raven); Bran the Blessed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Gaelic and Welsh bran ‘raven’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Hebrew acronym consisting of ben-rabi ‘son of’ + the initials of some personal name (for example Nachman, Nahum, Nathan).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Split, Cleavage
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the old Scottish Gaelic personal name Bláán, BLAIN means "little yellow one."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps, as Reaney suggests, a variant of Brand.Possibly a respelling of German Braun.
Male
Irish
 Irish name BRAN means "raven." In mythology (from Voyage of Bran), this is the name of a mariner who went on a quest to the Other World. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Male
English
 Short form of English Brandon, BRAN means "broom-covered hill," and other names beginning with Bran-. Compare with other forms of Bran.
Male
Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese form of Latin Blasius, BRAIS means "talks with a lisp."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English trayne, Old French traine ‘guile’, ‘snare’, ‘trap’.English (Devon) : topographic name from Middle English atte trewen ‘at the trees’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this phrase, for example Train, Traine, or Trewyn, all in Devon.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, German, Irish
High; Noble
Female
Welsh
Variant spelling of Welsh unisex Bryn, BRIN means "hill."
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree or ash wood, from Old French fraisne, fresne ‘ash’ (Latin fraxinus).French : habitational name from a place in Vosges named Frain.
Male
Irish
 Irish name derived from Celtic Brigonos, BRIAN means "high hill." Compare with another form of Brian.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Split Cleavage
Male
Welsh
 Welsh name BRAN means "crow" or "raven." In mythology, this is the name of a giant king of Britain known as Bran the Blessed, who was killed attacking Ireland. Compare with other forms of Bran.
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
Girl/Female
Israeli American English
The laurel crown.
Girl/Female
Tamil
To shine among all
Boy/Male
Arabic
Secrecy; Privacy
Boy/Male
Indian
Without worry
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Another Name of Madina City
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rival, Equal
Girl/Female
Arabic, Finnish, Muslim, Swedish
Stone Beauty
Boy/Male
Sikh
Completely colorful and musical
Boy/Male
Indian
High superior exalted
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : unexplained.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Schau.
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
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SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
SPLIT BRAIN-COMPUTING
v. t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
n.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
v.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
v. i.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
v. t.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
imp. & p. p.
of Slit
v. t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
v. t.
To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
v. t.
A splint bone.
v. i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
v. t.
To rain upon; to wet with rain.
imp. & p. p.
of Split
v. t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
v. t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
n.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
imp. & p. p.
of Spit
n.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.