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Re: high-school presentation, suggestions?

From ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: high-school presentation, suggestions?
Date 2024-03-23 21:08 +0000
Organization Stefan Ram
Message-ID <computer-20240323220728@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> (permalink)
References <87il1f8o3u.fsf@tudado.org> <utne5v$jnh$1@panix2.panix.com>

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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote or quoted:
>I explained to the CIO of a large government agency that a particular
>system wasn't a computer at all because it wasn't a finite automaton,

  What is a computer?

  Is this your own definition, or did you quote it from someone else?

  Are there any other definitions?

  How do you know which definition to choose as the correct one?

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