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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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agora, depois dum nissin nojento, a tarde e pra tentar decifrar os misterios do reason no computer
diegosalopes (Diego Lopes) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:17 -0000
agora, depois dum nissin nojento, a tarde e pra tentar decifrar os misterios do reason no computer
@JamisonAweau no I only had the demo on my computer, but before I got a new hard drive so I got it for xmas ha
lyssssssa (Alyssa Kardosz) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:14 -0000
@JamisonAweau no I only had the demo on my computer, but before I got a new hard drive so I got it for xmas ha
This will be the first night in two weeks Im not sleeping inches away from my computer. I am disgruntled at this.
krislintz (K) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:10 -0000
This will be the first night in two weeks Im not sleeping inches away from my computer. I am disgruntled at this.
finally got a computer YAY!!!!!
JacobThornhill (Jacob Thornhill) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:03 -0000
finally got a computer YAY!!!!!
#TerrorHumour We may not have airport security that works, but our computer-generated chipmunks are the envy of the world.
eggheader (Egghead Odewale) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:00 -0000
#TerrorHumour We may not have airport security that works, but our computer-generated chipmunks are the envy of the world.
dr. @lossos bitte in den op - einem computer muss dringen das rückenmark entnommen werden :D
sqampy (Stefan) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:48:56 -0000
dr. @lossos bitte in den op - einem computer muss dringen das rückenmark entnommen werden :D

 
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