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Computers

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Saket Kumar, student

A computer is a machine (mostly electronic) that is able to take information (input), do some work on or make changes to the information (process), to make new information (output). Computers have existed for much of human history. Examples of early computers are theastrolabe and the abacus. Ther...

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Claudia Perlich
Claudia Perlich, Chief Scientist Dstillery, Adjunct Professor at NYU
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Nadi
Nadi, I'm just a paraplegic that used to walk and kinda good at internet stuff
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Claudia Perlich
Claudia Perlich, Chief Scientist Dstillery, Adjunct Professor at NYU
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Chandra Penke, Embedded in the embedded world
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