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A computer (computer English, and this Latin-calculate computers), also known as computer or computer is an electronic machine that receives and processes data to convert it into useful information. A computer is a collection of integrated circuits and related components that can execute with accuracy, speed and according to what is indicated by a user or automatically by another program, a variety of sequences of instructions or routines that are ordered, organized and systematized according to a wide range of practical applications and precisely determined, a process which has been called by the name of programming and performing it is called a programmer. The computer, in addition to the routine or software, you need specific data (these data, taken together, are known as “Input” in English) to be supplied, and that are required at the time of execution to provide the end product of data processing, which is called “output”. The information can then be used, reinterpreted, copied, transferred, or relayed to other (s) of person (s), computer (s) or component (s) address (s) locally or remotely using various telecommunication systems and can be recorded , saved or stored on any type of device or storage unit.

The main feature that distinguishes it from other similar devices, such as non-programmable calculator is that it is a general purpose machine, ie, can perform many different tasks, according to the possibilities of programming languages and hardware.