Editing Isolinear Chip

[[Image:Isolinear Chips.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Isolinear chips]]

'''Isolinear optical chips''' (or just [[Isolinear Chip]]s) are data storage devices utilized in various forms of technology. They are used to store memory in [[Starfleet]] [[PADD]]s, and are a primary component of [[Danube Class Runabout]]'s computers. (TNG: "The Naked Now", "A Fistful of Datas", DS9: "The Jem'Hadar") 

Optical data-chips were foreseen as early as the mid-1990s, and were expected to be a future development by Chronowerx by the magazine Technology Future. (VOY: "Future's End") 

They were often featured onboard nanotech processors to aid in memory access and with a maximum capacity of 2.15 kiloquads. Though normally easily corrupted, chips may be coated with a layer of clear plastic for protection in environments more hostile than a computer core without affecting read and write capabilities; such ruggedized chips are commonly used in [[tricorder]]s, [[PADD]]s, and other handheld devices with isolinear chip drives. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual) 

:<small><strong>According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual'', without the protective coating the user must wear special gloves to remove the isolinear chip.</strong></small>
 
In 2377, following Operation Watson when the USS Voyager could have short periods of live contact with [[Earth]] every day, Neelix put 146 sequentially numbered isolinear chips in his hat for the crew to pull - to see in which order they would be able to contact their friends and family. (VOY: "Author, Author")  

[[Category: Engineering]]