Solaris
Sun's computing platform
Solaris is a Unix-based operating system developed by Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle.
Known for scalability and reliability, it powered many enterprise servers and workstations through the 1990s and 2000s: The database runs on Solaris.
The name evokes the sun, matching the company's branding.
Separately, *Solaris* is Stanisław Lem's 1961 science fiction novel about a sentient ocean planet, twice adapted to film.
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- planetStar-orbiting spherical body
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
- cosmonautsRussian space travelers
- KelvinScottish masculine name
consciousness · alien intelligence · communication · isolation · memory · hallucinations · grief · ethics
State of sentient awareness
- mindSeat of consciousness
- psycheTotal mental life
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
hallucination · memory · trauma · identity · alienation · subconscious · dreams · projection
Motion picture theater
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- SovietOf the USSR
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
George Clooney · atmosphere · ethereal · visuals · soundtrack · psychological · introspection · dacha
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- alienNon-native being
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- unknowableImpossible to understand
incomprehensible · cosmic · anomaly · exploration · discovery · strange · contact
Light-to-electricity converting
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- sunlightRadiance from our star
- inverterChanges DC to AC
net metering · silicon · off-grid · clean energy · green technology
science fiction
Speculative fiction with technological themes
- planetStar-orbiting spherical body
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
- cosmonautsRussian space travelers
Kelvin · consciousness · alien intelligence · communication · isolation · memory · hallucinations · grief · ethics · humanity
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
perception · hallucination · memory · trauma · identity · alienation · subconscious · dreams · projection · guilt
cinema
Motion picture theater
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- SovietOf the USSR
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
George Clooney · cinematography · atmosphere · ethereal · visuals · soundtrack · psychological · introspection · dacha · arthouse
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- alienNon-native being
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
unknowable · incomprehensible · cosmic · anomaly · exploration · discovery · strange · contact
photovoltaic
Light-to-electricity converting
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- sunlightRadiance from our star
inverter · net metering · silicon · off-grid · clean energy · green technology
- Central European LiteratureFranz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Milan Kundera, The Trial
- Fictional PlanetsTatooine, Arrakis, Krypton, Vulcan, Gallifrey
- platformspodium, Windows, stage, Linux, platform
- Operating SystemsLinux, Unix, Windows, macOS, DOS
- electric busestrolleybus, e-bus, electric motor, battery pack, charging station
- Slavic LiteratureDostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
SolarisStar Wars
Iconic space fantasy franchise
Independence Day · Starship Troopers · The Avengers · Aliens · Pacific Rim
- solar eclipseMoon obscuring the sun
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
- solar panelsLight-converting power generators
- solar powerEnergy derived from sunlight
- solar yearOne complete Earth orbit
- solar energyHarnessed stellar radiation
solar, solarium, solarize, solarization, solarized, solarizing