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As computers became more ubiquitous, the trope faded from the public consciousness, having been supplanted by [[Extreme Graphical Representation]]. ([[Real Life]] 21st-century mainframes don't even have diagnostic lights any more, at least not where people can see them.) Nowadays it's used in works that purposefully invoke [[Zeerust]], always paired with [[Beeping Computers]].
For the more modern meaning of "blinkenlights" as lighting up particular windows in a building in order to send messages, see [[Skyscraper Messages]].
Not to be confused with illumination for [[Nursery Rhyme|Winken, Blinken and Nod]].
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* In the ''[[Space: 1999]]'' episode "Voyager's Return", the device built to override Voyager's computer has blinkenlights that flash when it is connecting to or connected to the spacecraft... but not when the connection is terminated.
* ''[[Knight Rider]]''{{'}}s KITT had a simplified set of Blinkenlights inset into his front bumper.
* IRAC from the 1970s [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|''Wonder Woman'' TV series]] had blinkenlights where one would expect to see a monitor screen, and - as shown in the page image - also where one wouldn't expect to see lights at all.
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