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A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions known as a program.
Computers are extremely versatile. In fact, they are universal information-processing machines. According to the Church–Turing thesis, a computer with a certain minimum threshold capability is in principle capable of performing the tasks of any other computer, from those of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer, as long as time and memory capacity are not considerations. Therefore, the same computer designs may be adapted for tasks ranging from processing company payrolls to controlling unmanned spaceflights. Due to technological advancement, modern electronic computers are exponentially more capable than those of preceding generations (a phenomenon partially described by Moore's Law).
Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, and such enormous computing facilities still exist for specialized scientific computation — supercomputers — and for the transaction processing requirements of large companies, generally called mainframes. Smaller computers for individual use, called personal computers, and their portable equivalent, the laptop computer, are ubiquitous information-processing and communication tools and are perhaps what most non-experts think of as "a computer". However, the most common form of computer in use today is the embedded computer, small computers used to control another device. Embedded computers control machines from fighter aircraft to digital cameras.
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I hate when rich people have slow sucky computers!
jgrossi (John Grossi) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:11 -0000
I hate when rich people have slow sucky computers!
Just drank 3 pints of coffee, jogged for about 6 miles, built 2 and a half computers, and now I'm watching the entire series of Cowboy Bebop
DreadReaper (Clay Logsdon-Tolbert) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:56 -0000
Just drank 3 pints of coffee, jogged for about 6 miles, built 2 and a half computers, and now I'm watching the entire series of Cowboy Bebop
Ugh, I hate having to download drivers from work due to my home computers gay level being OVER 9000!
Zakolus (Robert Hunt) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:49 -0000
Ugh, I hate having to download drivers from work due to my home computers gay level being OVER 9000!
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strawberryseeds (Kathy ) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:25 -0000
Win an HP TouchSmart 600 from @mommydaddyblog and @hp_pc ! http://tinyurl.com/yf82wld #hp #computers #gadgets
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Bitlib.org - A community site created to keep you informed about any changes in law, policy, or public opinion that may affect information technology.
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Computers in Developing Countries - A working group of the International Federation for Information Processing -- background details, discussion papers, and abstracts.
Computers in Society - For a course at the University of York. Includes a number of expositive pages on societal issues in computing.
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