/g/ - What even is a computer? - Technology

Anonymous

11/01/25(Sat)23:23:02 No.107078401

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Anonymous 11/01/25(Sat)23:23:02 No.107078401 Archived

What even is a computer?

Anonymous
11/01/25(Sat)23:45:23 No.107078511

Anonymous 11/01/25(Sat)23:45:23 No.107078511

I don't know much about computers other than the one we got at my house my mom put a couple of games on there

Anonymous
11/01/25(Sat)23:48:44 No.107078538

Anonymous 11/01/25(Sat)23:48:44 No.107078538

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machine that processes inputs and outputs things arbitrarily
that would be the most basic definition i believe.
also computer meido thread? why would you make a thread like this if its not a stealth maid thread

Anonymous
11/01/25(Sat)23:50:59 No.107078552

Anonymous 11/01/25(Sat)23:50:59 No.107078552

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This guy.

Anonymous
11/01/25(Sat)23:54:29 No.107078571

Anonymous 11/01/25(Sat)23:54:29 No.107078571

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So its like a punch of metal strips and when electricity flows through them you can make it do math but only with 1s and 0s and you send the maths to other computers who also do maths with 1s and 0s and then you can see pictures and stuff like this one

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)01:02:47 No.107078856

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)01:02:47 No.107078856

>>107078401
Something that changes data and can also change its own instructions (which are also data)

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)04:54:35 No.107079945

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)04:54:35 No.107079945

When even is a computer?

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)06:27:51 No.107080427

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)06:27:51 No.107080427

>>107078401
A job.
>The term "computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613),[1] meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations,