Computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real-life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a 21st-century substitute for magic. A Computer Wizard is a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of Cyberspace.

For computers which are literally magical see Magitek. See also Clarke's Third Law. If a computer is shoddy, and not magical in any way (except maybe magically terrible), it's The Alleged Computer.

Tropes:

• The Alternet
• Artificial Intelligence
  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: An AI turns evil of its own accord.
  • Benevolent A.I.: An AI does not turn evil, and is helpful.
• Beeping Computers: Beep boop.
• Billions of Buttons
• Computer Equals Monitor
• Computer Equals Tapedrive
• The Computer Is Your Friend
• Computers Speak Binary
• Computer Virus
  • Computer Viruses Are Computer Illnesses
• Contagious A.I.
• Cool Code of Source
• The Cracker: A malicious, destructive hacker.
• Cut the Juice
• Cyber Green: Green and black are the colors of computer code.
• Destruction Equals Off-Switch
• Deus est Machina
• Digital Abomination: An Eldritch Abomination in digital form.
• Digitized Hacker
• Dueling Hackers
• Enhance Button
• Everything Is Online
• Everything Sensor
• Exact Progress Bar
• Expositron 9000
• Extreme Graphical Representation
• Facial Recognition Software
• The Genie in the Machine
• Goofy Malfunctioning Robot
• Googling the New Acquaintance
• Hacked by a Pirate
• Hacker Cave
• Hacker Collective
• Hackette: The Cracker turns out to be female.
• Hacking Minigame
• Hack the Traffic Lights
• Hack Your Enemy
• Have You Tried Rebooting?
• Highly Visible Password
• Hollywood Encryption
• Hollywood Hacking
• Hollywood Web Cam
• Holographic Terminal
• Inside a Computer System
• Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!: Make a computer malfunction with water, and it'll gain humanlike intelligence.
• The Internet: You're on it right now.
• It's a Small Net After All
• Literal Data Transfer
• Logic Bomb: Using logical paradoxes to break computers.
• Magic Floppy Disk
• Master Computer
• Matrix Raining Code
• Mechanical Abomination: An Eldritch Abomination in the form of a machine.
• The Modern Gods
• murder.com
• Obfuscated Interface: Interface displays are unclear/confusing to the viewer, the characters, or both.
• Omniscient Database
• Online Alias
• Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future
• Password Slot Machine
• Piecemeal Funds Transfer: Cybernetic funds are transferred gradually and the process can be seen on-screen.
• Playful Hacker: A benign hacker.
• Plug 'n' Play Technology
• Rapid-Fire Typing
• School Grade Hacking: Hacking a school's database to change the grades.
• Screens Are Cameras
• Sinister Surveillance
• Slow-Loading Internet Image
• Techno Dystopia
• Techno Wizard
• Thing-O-Meter
• Viewer-Friendly Interface
• Virtual-Reality Warper
• Weirdly Underpowered Admins
• Wetware Body