Questions for Week 3

I would like everyone to post a definition of the term computer this week, and please do not post one that has already been posted.

Other key terms to define:


computing
computer program
algorithm
computer language
software and hardware
integrated circuit
microprocessor
mainframe computer
minicomputer
microcomputer
personal computer
calculator
GUI
operating system
architecture

and/or identify the following individuals:

Joseph Marie Jacquard

Herman Hollerith

Alan Turing

John von Neumann

Douglas Engelbart

Alan Kay