27 Mar
2005
27 Mar
'05
12:29 p.m.
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Roger Merchberger wrote:
I always heard it defined (and seemed the most
logical/sensible to me) as:
"A computer is a device which can perform arithmetic _and_ logical
functions without the aid of a human."
"A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter
in fron of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with
the universe and move bits of it about." - Douglas Adams