Hardware Bible

Definitions vary not only with who is speaking, but also when. Language evolves and meanings shift. Words often go to extremes, shifting meanings even to opposites—cold becomes hot, bad becomes good, and rap becomes popular. Computer is one of those...

Strictly speaking, a computer is something that computes, which is not a particularly informative definition. In the vagueness of the term, however, you'll find an interesting bit of history. The word computer does not necessarily mean an electronic ...

The glitz is gone. Computers no longer rule Hollywood. Robots and aliens (and alien robots in particular) are now the big villains set to rule the world. Businesses no longer seek the fastest computers but instead strive for slowness—that is, slowing...

Biomechanical engineers are changing the way people think about insect intelligence. In an effort to develop machines that walk like insects, they have discovered that form doesn't dictate function, and function doesn't dictate form. The two are inti...

In today's world and using today's technology, a computer is an electronic device that uses digital logic under the direction of a program for carrying out calculations and making decisions based on those calculations. By this essential definition, a...