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by badumtss 2490 days ago
I can attach a keyboard to my toaster as well, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is a computer.

"A computer is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

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With this definition a cable can be computer; or a lightbulb.
You can definitely send instructions to a lot of modern devices that would have not integrated such a powerful chipset decade ago: not only the toaster you are referring to, but a fridge, a wash machine, a tv, a light bulb, a door bell. The list goes on and on, as long as a new product is brought to market that integrate a processor and brand itself as "smart" there is a good change a computer has been blended in what otherwise would be a dumb device with a single purpose.
Does the law apply to the old human computers back in the day too.