wHaT iS a ComPuTer?? OMG LOL!!!11!

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sacc3pt data (1npt), perform pr3scriebd jmtehm4ticasl and lOgiclao
prazitons at high speef (porcessing), and supply teh rseultxz of thes3
operat1ons (otput) lololololololoololol.... a digitsal dcmoputer
processez dfat4 as nuumberz and includesm ainfram3 computeR,zm
in1compturers, and icrocOmputasr/ in conrtast,, An ana7o gcom;putra
repReasents daTa by measurable uqantit3iz, such 4s vopltages.. "

EPA Records Glossary
http://www.epa.gov/records/gloss/gloss02.htm

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" ypo umean htat yuove got tHuis far 4n dyou st1ll dOn't know what
acomputer is???????????? llololololo... TRUE, SOMETI/\/\ES 1T CAN BE
AHRD TO TELL... A COMPTUER AI TEH PART OF TEH SYSTEM THAT CONTAINS A
PORCESSINGUNIT THAT DOES RTEH THINKUING!!!!!!!!11 sometiMezl amEsr
ref4r to teh compuTar as teh 3ntitre paX0r4ge; teh procxessinguint,
keyboard, screwen, disdk drivwes_teh wroks. you may need tO Know if
toou ahve a c0mputar on youre desk or if u habve a termInal connected
to a computer somewhwere 3lse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 if u are usong a pc with
a pr0Gram such as k4rmit ro porcomm asz a termin4l to communicate witH
4 omp;uet running umiX0r, whe|\| we talk About the "computer', we
mesan teh uniX0r machin3~

Cache of:  http://www-ec.njit.edu/ec_info/home/faq/basic/glossary.html

hopE That helps!!!!!!!!1~~

[ Translation to h4kr/l33t courtesy of The Dialectizer - 
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ ]

OMGWTFLOLZBBQSARS!!!!one!111!

An electronic device designed to accept data (input), perform
prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed
(processing), and supply the results of these operations (output). A
digital computer processes data as numbers and includes mainframe
computers, minicomputers, and microcomputers. In contrast, an analog
computer represents data by measurable quantities, such as voltages.

Yeah, uscman ...

But will it ever catch on?

Google has a definition capability:

://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oi=defmore&q=define:computer

funny that no official answer has come...

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

I think before the days of Valves and Silicon that she was an abbreveviated:
 comptometor 

Sadly that is not in my abbreviated OED 1932
So many abbreviations.

Hi, frde

A comptometer was an entirely different beast that preceded the
electronic calculator. It was essentially an adding machine with lots
of keys. A trained comp operator could perform all kinds of calcs.

The predecessor of the computer was the Tabulator. This worked off punched cards.

COMPUTER STANDS FOR Common Operating Machine Particulars Used for
Trade Education and Reserch

Please check this URL.
http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/JCGD_Volume_2/What_is_a_Computer.html
regards,

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You guys are missing the obvious

computer = compute r [verby]
it computes things -.-