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Karl Jones: /* General topics */

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‎General topics

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‎External Links

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‎Hardware

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 * [[Computer simulation]]
 * [[Logic]]
 * [[Mathematics]]
 * [[Von Neumann architecture]]

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−	[[File:Difference_engine_plate_1853.jpg\|thumb\|Part of [[Charles Babbage]]'s [[Difference Engine]] No. 1, as assembled in 1833, exhibited 1862.[[Woodcut]] after a drawing by [[Benjamin Herschel Babbage]].]]A '''computer''' is a general-purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of [[arithmetic]] or [[logical operations]] automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of [[problem]].	+	[[File:Difference_engine_plate_1853.jpg\|thumb\|Part of [[Charles Babbage]]'s [[Difference Engine]] No. 1, as assembled in 1833, exhibited 1862. [[Woodcut]] after a drawing by [[Benjamin Herschel Babbage]].]]A '''computer''' is a general-purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of [[arithmetic]] or [[logical operations]] automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of [[problem]].

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−	A '''computer''' is a general-purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of [[arithmetic]] or [[logical operations]] automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of [[problem]].	+	[[File:Difference_engine_plate_1853.jpg\|thumb\|Part of [[Charles Babbage]]'s [[Difference Engine]] No. 1, as assembled in 1833, exhibited 1862.[[Woodcut]] after a drawing by [[Benjamin Herschel Babbage]].]]A '''computer''' is a general-purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of [[arithmetic]] or [[logical operations]] automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of [[problem]].

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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer Computer] @ Wikipedia
 [[Category:Computer hardware]]
 [[Category:Machines]]
 [[Category:Software]]

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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer Computer] @ Wikipedia		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer Computer] @ Wikipedia
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 * [[Computer architecture]]
 * [[Computer science]]
 * [[Computer system]]
 * [[Computing]]

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 === General topics ===
 * [[Arithmetic]]
 * [[Computer architecture]]

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 === Hardware ===
 * [[Central processing unit]]
 * [[Computer monitor]]