These are known as pseudoelement symbols or organic elements.
The network, he says, "has made an inadequate effort to link the channels to the organic elements of the city.
Kryten's design is mostly plastic, but there are some slight organic elements in his construction.
But this proved nearly fatal to Blackarachnia, due to her organic elements being a vital part of herself.
The device is the first to use an architecture that combines organic and inorganic elements, he said.
Other groups, too, are working on incorporating organic elements into electronic memory.
So to fight his tendencies toward straight lines, Hobbs has worked a lot of organic elements into the clothes.
Some of what they stand for is positive: an organic, earth-conscious element.
When fired the organic elements are burned out leaving a porous fabric.
Late in the first film, the Terminator is stripped of its organic elements by fire.