Is the name android really so wrong?

Yokurama · 11-15-2007, 08:54 AM

People say that android is a wrong name for #17 and #18 because they're not really androids, they're cyborgs. Since Gero was making androids from scratch up until #17 and #18, if I remember correctly that is, so he didn't make the name for his creations with cyborgs in mind, but human shaped. And even if I'm remembering wrong about the from scratch thing, jinzoningen translates to artificial human, which is basically an android.

Edited to change man made to artificial and took out "roughly".

holy_jumbo · 11-15-2007, 07:54 PM

Well, in most versions their names are C-18 or just #18, so I think the proper name is cyborg
and from wiki: An android is a robot designed to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior.
A cyborg is a cybernetic organism (i.e. an organism that is a self-regulating integration of artificial and natural systems).

skullreken · 11-15-2007, 08:58 PM

Well in the jap dub they're called jinzo 17 jinzo 18 etc
As far as I know please correct me if I'm wrong jinzo is the Japaneses for android/robot
Bur also whats the deal with Cell being called an android he's a mutant monster resulting from gene splicing

mat67846 · 11-30-2007, 10:13 AM

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Yokurama Adrammelech Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,587 Rep Power: 80	Is the name android really so wrong? People say that android is a wrong name for #17 and #18 because they're not really androids, they're cyborgs. Since Gero was making androids from scratch up until #17 and #18, if I remember correctly that is, so he didn't make the name for his creations with cyborgs in mind, but human shaped. And even if I'm remembering wrong about the from scratch thing, jinzoningen translates to artificial human, which is basically an android. Edited to change man made to artificial and took out "roughly".

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skullreken Kanu Fanboy / General Mod Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dublin Ireland Age: 22 Posts: 6,883 Rep Power: 637	Well in the jap dub they're called jinzo 17 jinzo 18 etc As far as I know please correct me if I'm wrong jinzo is the Japaneses for android/robot Bur also whats the deal with Cell being called an android he's a mutant monster resulting from gene splicing __________________ See My Claimed Characters Spoiler Claim your favorite character here http://www.animea.net/forums/f9/anim...aracter-17114/

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11-15-2007, 07:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
holy_jumbo Bélias Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 237 Rep Power: 2	Well, in most versions their names are C-18 or just #18, so I think the proper name is cyborg and from wiki: An android is a robot designed to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. A cyborg is a cybernetic organism (i.e. an organism that is a self-regulating integration of artificial and natural systems).