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What is a device, exactly? A smartwatch? A gaming console? A washing machine? A smart home controller? If you say a general-computing device, I’d agree. It’s a
by 9dev 1y ago
What is a device, exactly? A smartwatch? A gaming console? A washing machine? A smart home controller?
If you say a general-computing device, I’d agree. It’s a slippery slope, though.
- general1726 1y agoAnything what can execute software is a computer. From a tamagochi to a mainframe.
- yencabulator 1y agoAppliances use chips that execute software, but they also delegate safety critical functionality to the software. There's hardware designs out there that depend on correct software functioning for safety or to avoid breaking the hardware, or the user, or the law. For example, cars.