Editing Tricorder (section)

{{short description|Fictional device}}
{{Infobox fictional artifact
| name            = Tricorder
| image           = File:Original Series Tricorder - Star Trek - Exploring New Worlds Exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum - 49784790468.jpg
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| caption         = Tricorder from the original series
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| source          = [[Star Trek]]
| source_type     = franchise
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| first           = [[Star Trek: The Original Series]]
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| creator         = [[Gene Roddenberry]]
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| type            = [[Sensor]]
| genre           = Science fiction
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| affiliation     = [[Starfleet]]
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A '''tricorder''' is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe. The tricorder is a multifunctional hand-held device that can perform environmental scans, data recording, and [[data analysis]]; hence the word "tricorder" to refer to the three functions of sensing, recording, and computing. In ''Star Trek'' stories the devices are issued by the fictional [[Starfleet]] organization.

The original physical prop for the tricorder was designed by [[Wah Chang]] and appeared in "[[The Man Trap]]" in 1966, the first ''Star Trek'' episode to air.