Idento-computer

Anidento-computeris an onboard control system that regulates aTransformer's identity.

Fiction

The Transformerscartoon

TheInsecticonsjettisoned themselves out theDecepticon cruiserwhen it and theAutobot shipcrashed onPrehistoric Earth.Stranded and isolated on a foreign world, their idento-computers adapted their forms into insectoidbeast modeswith the ability to process organic matter. They were discovered four million years later, so there is no telling how long the adaptation process took.A Plague of Insecticons