Como as coisas novas são adicionadas ao replicador?

A implicação é que você pode criar novos pratos a partir de uma combinação dos ingredientes do existente , fazendo um "programa"

JANEWAY: Now you tell me. You go for authenticity and what do you get? Second-degree burns. I've been slaving over that replicator programme for hours. What was this bizarre rumour I heard about half the crew on deck five getting pregnant?

_{^{VOY: The Voyager Conspiracy}}

Itens completamente novos podem ser digitalizados no banco de dados

MARTUS: I didn't, exactly. I just told the replicator to scan the original and make copies. I think they have some kind of internal power source.

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É frequentemente mencionado que os alimentos podem ser programados no replicador, mas nunca (até onde eu saiba) com detalhes sobre como essa programação ocorre. Além da citação da @ Valorum, há uma instância em "Lições", na qual a Nella programa diversas variedades de chá no replicador.

NELLA: Earl Grey? No wonder you can't sleep. Computer, bring replicators back online and give me a cup of Daren herbal tea blend number three, hot. You shouldn't be drinking a stimulant at this time of night. I think you'll like this.
...
NELLA: I've programmed seven other blends into the replicator. You're bound to like one of them.
PICARD: I look forward to sampling them.

The Next Generation Transcripts - Episode Listings, "Lessons"

Nós fazemos , no entanto, temos alguma idéia de como os programas holográficos são feitos. Se entrarmos no reino da conjectura, poderemos notar que:

Holographic programs could be stored on holodeck databases. ... These databases often contained many stock elements that could be called up by a user to design new holographic programs, such as particular eating establishments, famous cities, and characters.

Holographic Program - Memory Alpha

Também vemos personagens criando e modificando programas holodeck por meio de interação verbal:

JANEWAY: Computer, display Fair Haven character Michael Sullivan. Adjust his parameters to the following specifications. Give him the education of a nineteenth century third year student at Trinity College.
COMPUTER: Modification complete.
JANEWAY: Now, access the character's interactive subroutines. Make him more provocative.
COMPUTER: Specify.
JANEWAY: Give him a more complicated personality.
COMPUTER: Specify.
JANEWAY: More outspoken, more confident, not so reserved. And make him more curious about the world around him.
COMPUTER: Modification complete.
JANEWAY: Good. Now, increase the character's height by three centimetres. Remove the facial hair. No, no, I don't like that. Put some back. About two days' growth. Better. Oh, one more thing. Access his interpersonal subroutines. Familial characters. Delete the wife.
COMPUTER: Modification complete.
JANEWAY: Pleased to meet you, Mister Sullivan.

The Voyager Transcripts - Fair Haven, Fair Haven clip on YouTube

Poderíamos então extrapolar que os replicadores funcionem de maneira semelhante - eles têm um banco de dados de alimentos e componentes de alimentos conhecidos, e novos pratos podem ser criados incorporando e modificando esses elementos existentes através do altamente sofisticado Star Trek. interface verbal. Qual é essencialmente o que @Valorum disse.