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In simple terms, computer is a machine which can perform arithmetic or logical operations.
The word “Computer” comes from compute. Compute means “to calculate” and this term “compute” comes from Latin word “computare“.
- Computer definition
- Computer is an electronic machine which takes data as input, processes it and gives information as output.
- Digital computer definition
- A computer that represents discrete(digital) information by numerical (binary) digits is called a digital computer. Generally it uses binary number system and thus it can understand only 0 and 1.