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Re:Completely Silent Computer by bschwindHN on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @10:27PM (#17079566)
A smartphone absolutely is a computer. It's maybe not a "productive" computer for a lot of workloads, but it still carries out operations and produces output based on the input it is fed.

You're just making up your own definition of "computer" and then claiming a smartphone isn't one because it doesn't match your made up definition.

Re:Completely Silent Computer by nkkollaw on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @05:49AM (#17081129)
If the definition is so broad, my oven and fridge are computers.
Re:Completely Silent Computer by zingmars on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:10AM (#17081726)
Your oven and fridge (probably) has a computer within them, but they're not computers themselves.
Re:Completely Silent Computer by nkkollaw on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:44AM (#17082287)
According to that definition, yes.

You have programs, you have a UI to control them, they have a CPU and memory.

Re:Completely Silent Computer by zingmars on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:09AM (#17090609)
And "that definition" is the official dictionary definition and it works. There is no need to redefine it like you tried to.
Re:Completely Silent Computer by guhidalg on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:46AM (#17082300)
Why not? They have buttons and speakers (I/O), I can program a timer on them, and there’s a little processor in there somewhere. How is that different from an iPad?
Re:Completely Silent Computer by zingmars on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:05AM (#17090585)
The computer that has those things is part of the oven, but it is not the oven itself.