2007-05-11 15:02:31 · 8 answers · asked by ツ 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. [1] Today, computers can be made small enough to fit into a wrist watch and be powered from a watch battery. Society has come to recognize personal computers and their portable equivalent, the laptop computer, as icons of the information age; they are what most people think of as "a computer". However, the most common form of computer in use today is by far the embedded computer. Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are often used to control other devices—for example, they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital cameras, and even children's toys.
The ability to store and execute programs makes computers extremely versatile and distinguishes them from calculators. The Church–Turing thesis is a mathematical statement of this versatility: Any computer with a certain minimum capability is, in principle, capable of performing the same tasks that any other computer can perform. Therefore, computers with capability and complexity ranging from that of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer are all able to perform the same computational tasks as long as time and storage capacity are not considerations.
2007-05-11 15:16:49 · answer #1 · answered by randomdude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally it was the person who operated an electronic calculating and tabulating machine. Over the few decades it has come to mean the machine itself instead.
2007-05-11 22:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your right to use one has just been revoked.
2007-05-12 06:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That thing you're using right now.
2007-05-11 22:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by almighty_malachi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the machine ur typing on, duface!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-11 22:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a cute question. i like that one.
2007-05-11 22:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a pc
2007-05-11 22:36:55 · answer #7 · answered by hud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you kidding me......
what is it you think your using?
it sure as hell isn't a toaster....
2007-05-11 22:10:59 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋