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Computers got their name because they were used to compute mathematical answers. Now computers do millions of other things, but we still call them computers. It would be like if your dishwasher also drove your car for you, but we still called it a dishwasher.

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Shoku the MN Wolf :deifirev:

@drmaddkap if the dishwasher is able to drive my car through the act of washing dishes, then fair play to it.

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@drmaddkap Disagreeing with your premise while completely proving your point: most computers on the planet today are called phones

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