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minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up81·5 months agoTechnically it’s a computer because it can compute something, it’s just not a universal computer.
minus-squaremostNONheinous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·5 months agoYes, most computers should also be able to run WinRAR.
minus-squareCarl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy do people still use WinRAR? 7zip is free, and open source.
minus-squareCarl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoI know, but I wanted to know why people use that program.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoYup. I explain old automatic transmissions as Hydraulic Computers.
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoRight, so you consider calculators to be computers too? And I don’t mean the beefy scientific calculators, just simple ones with basic operations.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months ago“Computer” is literally anything that performs computations – it even used to be a job title. “Mechanical Computers” were almost exclusively limited in what they could compute.
Technically it’s a computer because it can compute something, it’s just not a universal computer.
Porn?
Can it go up to 80085?
unzip
Yes, most computers should also be able to run WinRAR.
Why do people still use WinRAR? 7zip is free, and open source.
It was fucking joke.
I know, but I wanted to know why people use that program.
Yup. I explain old automatic transmissions as Hydraulic Computers.
Right, so you consider calculators to be computers too? And I don’t mean the beefy scientific calculators, just simple ones with basic operations.
Yes.
“Computer” is literally anything that performs computations – it even used to be a job title.
“Mechanical Computers” were almost exclusively limited in what they could compute.