Ansible

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An ansible is a communication device that allows interstellar communication in real time via an entanglement effect. Activity on one ansible is duplicated on a "receiving" ansible simultaneously, regardless of range.

Appearances

  • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • The Vatta's War series by Elizabeth Moon
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • "Quantum entanglement communicators" in Mass Effect