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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote or quoted:
>I explained to the CIO of a large government agency that a particular
>system wasn't a computer at all because it wasn't a finite automaton,

  What is a computer?

  Is this your own definition, or did you quote it from someone else?

  Are there any other definitions?

  How do you know which definition to choose as the correct one?