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Stair Way to Computing

Universality
  • Computers are Universal Information Manipulators
  • I just lied
  • Types of information seem infinite but are limited
  • Things it can do seem infinite but are limited
  • The speed and capacity of computers makes them SEEM universal
© Andy Harris
Indiana University / Purdue University, Indianapolis
email: aharris@klingon.cs.iupui.edu
homepage: www.cs.iupui.edu/~aharris