What is a Computer ?

@kadugudi (200)
India
February 7, 2007 2:41pm CST
What is a Computer ? and how does it work... Sound a Silly question; I'd Like you to put your BEST usage of computers here and what do you use it for. You Life without Computer.
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@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 07
let me tell my best usage of my computer first, I usually use my computer as my media player, for playing music, video, etc. I also use it for my information provider, since I can get almost all information from wherever you want almost all freely, I also use it for finding music, application etc, I also used it for makin a little graphic edit, a little printing shop, and sometimes I help my friends burning her or his karaoke or video for his birthday, etc. about computer description, maybe like this would be more clear, 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. A computer in a wristwatch. A computer in a wristwatch. 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. I quote it from wikipedia. hope help a little.
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@kadugudi (200)
• India
9 Feb 07
In simple terms GIGO: Garbage In - Garbage Out :)
• India
8 Feb 07
see now a days no one can live without computer as we all know so it is a essence of all the human life and i think the time came when every buddy should have their pesonal PC in their house
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@kadugudi (200)
• India
8 Feb 07
Do you have a Pc in your house ? What is the config ?