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1998 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction to Computer Science
Author : Oliver Grillmeyer
Published in: Exploring Computer Science with Scheme
Publisher: Springer New York
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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A computer can be defined as a machine capable of performing a set of well-defined functions. Modern computers are electronic devices. However, the first computing devices were mechanical in nature! If s the particular set of functions that the computer performs that separates it from microwave ovens or stereos, which are also electronic devices that perform well-defined functions.