M.A.L.P.
THE STARGATE OMNIPEDIA
M.A.L.P.
"Mobile Analytic Laboratory Probe." The M.A.L.P. is the first device to emerge on new worlds the S.G.C. access. It is capable of detecting temperature, analyze oxygen and transmit video feeds, as well as determine whether or not a D.H.D. is present.

KEY EPISODE(S) -
Entity - A hostile alien entity hides in a M.A.L.P. to survive, while S.G.C. personnel attempt to wipe it from the main computer.
Revisions - On an alien world where the atmosphere is toxic, SG-1 believes the M.A.L.P. has been stolen after the walls of the bio-dome shrink, leaving the probe now outside its walls.