Computers

A computer is an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form in accordance to the instructions provided to it in its programming. Computers have revolutionized the planet. Below are some of the greatest computer quotes on the web.

"People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird."
― Donald Knuth
"As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications."
― Dave Parnas
"I’ve tried word processors, but I think I’m too old a dog to use one."
― Dee Brown
"The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing."
― Douglas Engelbart
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
― Doug Larson
"The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans."
― David Smith
"Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they’ve got computers, too, which is awesome. They’re scary to me."
― David Arquette
"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."
― Daniel Greenberg
"There were no PCs when I started programming on computers."
― Dave Winer
"No one ever said on their deathbed, ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer’."
― Danielle Berry

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