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| v | There
seem to be many ways in which computers are |
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| o | Carburetor
computer, laptop computer, cell-phone computer |
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| o | Software
for the Mac doesn’t work on a PC and vice versa |
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computers mostly have the same instructions, |
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encoding in binary numbers is different … |
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| v | A
compiler is a translator from a programming |
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| VB-to-C1 |
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| Computer C1 |
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| VB-to-C2 |
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| Computer C2 |
