2006-09-29 02:24:03 · 9 answers · asked by bob 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Very Simply, a computer can be programmed, a calculator can not.
For example, a Texas Instruments TI-85/6 is a computer, not caluclator, it can be programmed. It has a memory system, and a cpu that can all be controled.
A basic 4 function calculator is a calculator because a program cannot be written, stored, or executed on it.
2006-09-29 14:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by Charlie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is A Calculator A Computer
2016-11-10 09:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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B: a calculator is slower and needs more human assistance Modern personal computers regularly and constantly run 'background processes' such as antivirus and software update services. These services run completely automatically and require no user input to run forever, barring hardrware failure or faulty code. Calculators, on the other hand, rarely execute any process without explicit instruction from the user, via key press or other input. Most calculators' only automatic function is their auto-shutoff timer. Speed is no contest. Most high-end calculators run in the 10-20MHz range, whereas most computers operate at over 100 times this rate, and with much higher capacity. The TI-89+Titanium graphing calculator may take several seconds to render a single frame of a 3D graph, whereas MATLAB on a decent computer can plot the same graph in a microsecond.
2016-04-03 01:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, back in the day, a calculator was just a guy with a pencil and paper. People with a lot of math to do would hire calculators and just have a bunch of them in the back room crunching numbers by hand from 9 to 5. So what you have here is a question of semantics. After all, what we refer to today as "calculators" and "computers" started out as the exact same advances in technology. The only distinction possible is when you assume that the distinction was there to begin with. Were I you, I would decline to answer that question, because I wouldn't hold the asker in very high esteem at all.
2016-03-18 22:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computers and calculators are similar in the sense that both are calculating devices. But what is the difference between a computer and a calculator? Before the advent of computers, calculators were the tools that were made use of by the students to do computation while solving math problems. Not that they are not used these days, in fact, by the time you would switch on your computer, you would have completed the operation on the hand held device known as calculator.
Modern calculators are electronically powered either by dry cell batteries or solar cells. During nineties, there was a calculator in every student’s pocket to aid and assist him in carrying out calculations involved in math problems. With modern computers having a built in calculator to carry on basic math operations, calculators have all but gone from households today.
We know that a calculator can work only with numbers. But so can a computer. Modern calculators are extremely fast in carrying out complex calculations. But so are computers. Then what is the difference between the two?
Simply put, calculators can carry only one function at a time. Even when you need to solve a small problem, you need to press a number of buttons to arrive at the solution. On the contrary, a computer is capable of carrying out many operations at the same instant. Computer programs are series of instructions that are given to computers and it can perform complex calculations without assistance with them. So if the necessary program is installed on the computer, you do not need to tell the computer what to do next as it can perform all the steps required in getting to the answer. It will come with the answer at a lightening fast speed without you having to press any buttons, or mouse clicks in this instance. On the other hand, you need to keep on pushing buttons to solve even easy math problems when using a calculator.
The word computer has become very broad in modern times and has come to include smart devices such as smartphones, MP3 players, desktops, laptops. These devices all have a basic calculator that can perform simple math operations, but they are capable of many more operations which are beyond the capacity of a calculator.
2015-04-06 09:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by umer 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Computer Calculator
1. A computer is an automatic electronic machine which performs operations at a very high speed and with great accuracy. 1. A Calculator is an electronic device that calculates accurately and at a very high speed.
2. A computer can work with numbers and words both. 2. A calculator can work only with numbers.
3. A computer can store large volume of data in its memory and reproduce any part of it, as and when needed. 3. A calculator is not capable of storing data.
2006-09-29 02:27:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mostly a difference in scale. Some calculators can be programmed, but not with a very large program. Usually a calculator just does math, whereas a computer does word documents, math, data bases, spread sheets, etc.
2006-09-29 02:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone needs to hit you over the head with a calculator. It would be more difficult with a computer.
2006-09-29 02:46:05 · answer #8 · answered by tevansmd 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can't get people to answer this question using a calculator for a start
2006-09-29 02:26:04 · answer #9 · answered by leicestertroy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Computer is evolution of calculator.
2006-09-29 03:02:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋