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The Data persona asserts itself over B-4's more primitive programming, and the android is able to assist the Soong Foundation team to upgrade the positronic brain and recreate the emotion chip invented by Dr. Noonien Soong.

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  1. adjective Possessing human features.
  2. noun An automaton that is created from biological materials and resembles a human. Also called humanoid.

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  • An android is a man or a woman, not in any sense a robot or automaton There was a stir again, and the judge smiled faintly. —  APRIL, 1953 Vol
  • They must be identical if one could take them forty years later, give them rigorous tests, and tell one from the other only because the android was stamped "Made in U.S.A." and because his fingerprints were on file. —  APRIL, 1953 Vol
  • She guessed that, if she didn't fight clean, it would be ammunition for the android-haters. —  APRIL, 1953 Vol
  • But his android has been causing trouble lately, and they've had to move from world to world to avoid the authorities. —  ChallengingDestiny#24:August2007
  • Bats tries to force Amazo through the teleport bay, but gets pimp-slapped like a Gotham playboy should facingan all-powerful android, as Zatanna brings in their ace in the hole: the disembodied essence of John Smith, aka the Red Tornado! —  Major Spoilers
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/ˈændrɔɪd, ænˈdrɔɪdiz/
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