Depends on your perspective really. In my experience, the word "Computer" strictly defines a tower and monitor to people I've encountered outside of the tech sector. While Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Game Consoles, etc are computers when people here Computer in a conversation they think of a tower and monitor or laptop. Most people wouldn't immediately connect their Phone or iPad as a computer in that sense.
To add: If were to be asked if I had a Computer in my house, and I didn't actually have my tower or MacBook, I would respond "No."
This scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h28s (at 1:00:28) shows why people would think that.
No one actually wanted a computer in their home.
They did want an interactive TV set.
Oh, that explains why there's no market for more than five computers in the world.
That's an accurate description for certain values of the term 'computer'
If smartphones are not considered a computer, then that probably is the case for the majority of people today.
Enlighten me. How can we twist concepts so that a smartphone is not a computer?
Depends on your perspective really. In my experience, the word "Computer" strictly defines a tower and monitor to people I've encountered outside of the tech sector. While Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Game Consoles, etc are computers when people here Computer in a conversation they think of a tower and monitor or laptop. Most people wouldn't immediately connect their Phone or iPad as a computer in that sense.
To add: If were to be asked if I had a Computer in my house, and I didn't actually have my tower or MacBook, I would respond "No."
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Google "computer", switch to images and tell me how many smartphones you see.
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that's so last century... now we believe that 'nobody needs a quantum computer at home'
1024 qbits is surely enough for everything and everyone