Teletraan I
In the Generation 1 cartoon (and subsequently in the Beast Wars cartoon), Teletraan I is the name of the semi-sentient computer that runs the Autobots' spaceship/base. (This ship was called The Ark in the Generation 1 comic and in Beast Wars, but was never called by name in the cartoon.)
Teletraan I has extensive communications abilities, and can monitor Earth's television and radio broadcasts to search for news that may be of interest to the Autobots. It also operates the Sky Spy, and was responsible for rebuilding and reactivating all the Transformers aboard the Ark in 1984.
In the G1 comics, the Ark's computer was rarely referred to by name, but when it was, it was called Auntie.
Spelling / Pronunciation
For many years, most Transformers fans spelled the computer's name with only one 'a', and often with a digit "1" instead of a Roman numeral "I". However, in recent years copies of original production documents from the cartoon have come into the hands of fans. In these original documents the name is almost always spelled with two a's and a Roman numeral.
In the Beast Wars series, initially the voice actors gave a new reading of the word, sounding a bit like "tele-tron". Perhaps in response to dissatisfaction among fans, in the final episode of the series (Nemesis, part 2), Rattrap corrects Blackarachnia's "tron" pronunciation in an annoyed tone of voice.
