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Computers
Companies!!
A computer is a
machine designed for manipulating data according to a list of
instructions known as a program.
A Lego RCX Computer. The RCX is an example of an embedded computer
used to control mechanical devices. It is fully
programmable.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).
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Intel , Microsoft , AMD , Bill Gate ,
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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