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by charcircuit
912 days ago
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>where a compound noun can have exactly one meaning I am not trying to assert that. In computing when setting out to design or make something "modern" that has 1 expected meaning. >then I'd point out that computer != CPU The book focuses on the CPU part of the computer, but the way memory, graphics, and input is done isn't modern either. >the term is used in contrast to calculators or specialized number-crunching machines Those have CPUs in them too and most would be more advanced than the CPU from this book. |
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