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Computers are electronic devices that can process, store, and display information. Originally meant to perform calculations, computers are now general-purpose machines capable of any type of information processing. Computers have expanded what is possible, allowing for more accurate weather forecasting, control of systems like phone networks and vehicles, and embedding intelligence in everyday appliances. They have enabled new questions to be asked and answered across many domains.

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Computing Basics: Constituent

Computers are electronic devices that can process, store, and display information. Originally meant to perform calculations, computers are now general-purpose machines capable of any type of information processing. Computers have expanded what is possible, allowing for more accurate weather forecasting, control of systems like phone networks and vehicles, and embedding intelligence in everyday appliances. They have enabled new questions to be asked and answered across many domains.

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Computer, device for processing, storing, and displaying information.

Computer once meant a person who did computations, but now the term almost universally refers to automated
electronic machinery. The first section of this article focuses on modern digital electronic computers and their
design, constituent parts, and applications. The second section covers the history of computing. For details on
computer architecture, software, and theory, see computer science.
Computing basics
The first computers were used primarily for numerical calculations. However, as any information can be numerically
encoded, people soon realized that computers are capable of general-purpose information processing. Their
capacity to handle large amounts of data has extended the range and accuracy of weather forecasting. Their speed
has allowed them to make decisions about routing telephone connections through a network and to control
mechanical systems such as automobiles, nuclear reactors, and robotic surgical tools. They are also cheap enough
to be embedded in everyday appliances and to make clothes dryers and rice cookers “smart.” Computers have
allowed us to pose and answer questions that could not be pursued before. These questions might be about DNA
sequences in genes, patterns of activity in a consumer market, or all the

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