At 01:21 3/21/98 -0600, Doug wrote:
>Has anybody ventured a definition of computer that allows us to weed out
>mere calculators? How about:
>
>* must be programmable
>* must be general purpose
>* must have alphanumeric input capabilites
>* must have alphanumeric display capabilites
You can even throw in "must have stored-program memory" and, bingo, an
HP9100 is a computer.
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