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when does a computer become a computer?
Wed, 08/29/2007 - 14:53 — derek
It seems Intel is horning in on one of my main dissertation questions. Of course, they come up with different answers (by asking some leading follow-up questions):
Since when does "delivering faster processing performance" function as a point on the timeline of a computer's "birth"? Or "amazing battery life"? Some rightly acknowledge the slipperiness of the term. It's certainly possible to argue that a computer becomes a computer with the connection of the CPU to the motherboard (regardless of the Intel logo's presence). But this too is a narrow perspective. What about the addition of a GUI, a monitor, a keyboard? Or maybe, going all the way back, just being hired for the job?

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