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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
A protocyborg is a cyborg that "lacks full embodiment" <ref>[[The Cyborg Handbook|Gray]], 14.</ref> <ref>[http://home.olemiss.edu/~djr/pages/writer/articles/html/cyborg.html Cyborg Translation]</ref>; the protocyborg translator would consist of a human translator sitting at a typewriter, or perhaps at a dedicated word-processor without internet access.  
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A protocyborg is a cyborg that "lacks full embodiment"<ref>Gray, Chris Hables, ed. The Cyborg Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1995. Pg. 14.</ref>. For instance, a human translator sitting at a typewriter could be considered a protocyborg.  
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Definition

A protocyborg is a cyborg that "lacks full embodiment"[1]. For instance, a human translator sitting at a typewriter could be considered a protocyborg.

References

  1. Gray, Chris Hables, ed. The Cyborg Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1995. Pg. 14.