Core consciousness

If the spark is the soul of a Transformer, the core consciousness is the mind—the sum total of their personality, intelligence and memory. Unlike the spark itself, it can be backed up, but to little effect if the spark itself is lost.

It can be modified or supplanted by a shell program.

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon

Dinobot was speaking to Optimus Primal through his core consciousness.

Notes

• The "lost" episode of Beast Wars, "Dark Glass", would have involved Rattrap attempting to install a copy of Dinobot's core consciousness onto Dinobot II.