Computer
Digital electronic machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically.
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Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
Mobile device
A mobile device (or handheld computer) is a computer small enough to hold and operate in the hand.
Internet
Global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
The linking of commercial networks and enterprises by the early 1990s marked the beginning of the transition to the modern Internet, and generated a sustained exponential growth as generations of institutional, personal, and mobile computers were connected to the network.
Computer memory
In computing, memory is a device or system that is used to store information for immediate use in a computer or related computer hardware and digital electronic devices.
Abacus
Calculating tool which has been used since ancient times.
Calculating tool which has been used since ancient times.
Although calculators and computers are commonly used today instead of abacuses, abacuses remain in everyday use in some countries.
Integrated circuit
Set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon.
Set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon.
Computers, mobile phones and other home appliances are now inextricable parts of the structure of modern societies, made possible by the small size and low cost of ICs such as modern computer processors and microcontrollers.
Execution (computing)
Execution in computer and software engineering is the process by which a computer or virtual machine reads and acts on the instructions of a computer program.
Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.
They have essentially merged with the computer industry in what is increasingly referred to as the consumerization of information technology.
Transistor
Semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.
Semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.
Transistors revolutionized the field of electronics, and paved the way for smaller and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, among other things.
Turing machine
Mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules.
Mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules.
While they can express arbitrary computations, their minimalist design makes them unsuitable for computation in practice: real-world computers are based on different designs that, unlike Turing machines, use random-access memory.