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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 love that I'm the only one in my office who can run the Pap entry program, and the only one who knows jack shit about computers.
morganwolf (Morgan Russell) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:17:13 -0000
I love that I'm the only one in my office who can run the Pap entry program, and the only one who knows jack shit about computers.
@firequall i have been trying to like a year, literally a year, on different computers, different internet connections & it times out.
charlotte_anne (Charlotte Herriman) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:36 -0000
@firequall i have been trying to like a year, literally a year, on different computers, different internet connections & it times out.
@Micaelams lolol, yes, all the computers XD. But this was because of an internal configuration,that didn't recognice
Nataly_42 (Nataly Salazar) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:28 -0000
@Micaelams lolol, yes, all the computers XD. But this was because of an internal configuration,that didn't recognice
@Mr_Bold ever noticed the lack of computers in HP films? Just imagine if HP did BSF!
grumbledook (Tony Sheppard) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:05 -0000
@Mr_Bold ever noticed the lack of computers in HP films? Just imagine if HP did BSF!
âThe question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.â (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
1337Difference (Heba Shalaby) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:08 -0000
“The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.” (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
Online theft of $500,000 from NY school district http://bit.ly/8wMJyf My guess is that a logger virus got onto one of critical computers.
jaredev (Jared Evans) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:14:02 -0000
Online theft of $500,000 from NY school district http://bit.ly/8wMJyf My guess is that a logger virus got onto one of critical computers.
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