explain how a computer works in less than 3 sentences
>>51741851
Some configurable state (in this case voltage levels) are manipulated in a coordinated manner to store, transform and read information.
>>51741885
congratulations. you win
>>51741885
>>51741957
>>51741851
Thread closed
>>51741885
This is really enlightening
>>51741885
that's way too broad, and could arguably describe many systems which are not considered computers
the actual correct answer is a succinct description of the von neumann cycle
It is a machine that computes
>>51741851
Zeros and ones together to present the semblance of a whole
>>51742141
This is too narrow and would eliminate analog computers.
>>51742107
In one word: Modulation
>>51741851
Basically an electric Turing machine. Filler sentence 2. Filler sentence 3.
>>51742347
>less than three sentences
That means one sentence or two sentences, not three. You failed.
>>51741885
/thread
OP blown the fuck out.
>>51742422
>explain how a computer works
Technically I addressed the topic it in one sentence.
The rest was not explanation - thus does not count as part of explanation sentence quota.
It is you who failed.
It's a magical box used by most people to watch porn. You plug a cable into the wall for power and another cable for internet. Then you watch porn.
Instructions goes in results goes out, never a miscommunication, can't explain that!
>>51742536
>in less than 3 sentences
Anon in charge of reading
thingy goes in, thingy comes out
beep.
bop.
beep.
since computer as a term derives from human computers in the 1700 i feel like the definition should be "able to compute", everything else would exclude actual things that could be computers, even if slow
>>51741851
Number crunching
>tfw not need even 3 words
>>51741885
This.
Pretty impressive too!
Good job
>>51741851
True. False.
Transistors return 0s and 1s in a meaningful manner. These are then connected to a series of tubes.
>>51742490
That's not an explanation on how computers work, it's a description of what or resembles.
I could say "like a smartphone minus the phone". See? Same shit.
it just werks
>>51741851
Energy goes in
Data kicks in
Light comes out
>>51741885
LOL, is that joke¿?
>>we use electricity caouse of space and works nice with the semiconductors to create the pnp or npn. but can be with waterver.
boolean algebra is the base. to apply it use logic gates.with the gates u can do simple math s operation. with this operations you can do more complex ones.
>>51741851
It just werks
Beep boop beep
this man gets computers puteing
electrons
then magic happens
the result
It's like a glorified calculator.
You turn it on and memes come out.
>>51741851
That's like asking /b/ to explain a woman. No one here is going to know.
>>51741851
It just works
>>51741851
Electricity goes in, heat comes out
Funny stuff happens
Your mouse pointer moves around on the screen.
>>51745319
>>51741851
Bill Jobs and Steve Allen invented the computer in 1976. It uses magnets to store data bites. There are many computers in the world, but the best are apples.
>>51741851
Mother. Fucking. Magic.
Cpu reads and executes instructions written in binary. The output is saved in some sort of memory. The end.
Have penile unit, find female with a pooter. Insert penile unit until said unit "comes", now you have a computer. To make it work... Usually a backhand does the trick.
>>51741851
IT'S MAGICK
Pure.
Fucking.
Magic.
Garbage in/garbage out
Ones and zeros.
arithmetic logic unit which is a series of logic gates that are constructed out of transistors runs software to perform duties.
Arithmethic Logic Units
Registers
Datapath logic
I want girl.
I find porn.
I fap.
>>51741851
Stick the floppy, then command the computer to do its magic.
>>51749564
you forgot the executing instructions part
can't do anything fancy with the ALU and registers without a control unit.
Conductive hardware that uses bytes of electrical data to perform high speed calculations.
Context given to binary arithmetic.
>>51742735
Found the first year cs student
Information, stored encoded as bits, is input into the machine, and by using logic gates, is transformed and outputted as new information. Enough of this information is then used as input for other processes, creating the complex systems used in modern computing. Poopbuttpoopypoop.
>>51742735
you technically don't need logic gates to have a computer. logic gates are just very useful..
eg, not 100% on this but - quantum computing, no gates just state changes
>>51749651
Backdoored hardware
with backdoored software
connected to a Botnet.
>>51741851
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
Someone post that one conference video where an engineer explains how cpus are made?
>>51742693
Binary states is not strictly necessary for computing. There have been electrical tertiary computers and mechanical decimal computers.
>51751666
poles get aligned Mr Demon
Just intall Gentoo
>>51751088
It processes user input with transistors. Uses storage media to store data permanently or temporarily.
It computes things
what is three
