What the [redacted] even is a computer?

<p>I&rsquo;m almost graduating computer engineering &mdash; I should REALLY know the answer to this question. But, just in case you don&rsquo;t either, here is me finding that out.</p> <p>Most of us have a preset idea of what a computer is. Different generations might think about different things, but still, we all have a general idea. Millenials might think of this:</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1000/0*b9_viMwTDCLq-hsT.jpg" style="height:636px; width:1000px" /></p> <p>Gen X/Z might think of this:</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1000/0*FTDvAtJ6sQ0btY-l.jpg" style="height:563px; width:1000px" /></p> <p>And yeah, sure, both of these alternatives are fine. But what if I told you that a computer can actually also look like this?</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*hRupLMjoj0QibAFN.jpg" style="height:412px; width:700px" /></p> <p>That little thing that looks like it can do ABSOLUTELY nothing, really is a computer. It&rsquo;s got a CPU, a GPU, memory, a motherboard, a power source, an OS, and it can connect to a screen and keyboard to show us all that it&rsquo;s got, in all of it&rsquo;s tiny, microcontroller-sized glory. By the way, that one is called a Raspberry Pi.</p> <p>HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN, THOUGH? Like, actually, physically happen. Honestly, it looks like it could have just been glued together in a way to look tech-y and cool.</p> <p><a href="https://marinaintech.medium.com/what-the-redacted-even-is-a-computer-60b15c017e9a"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>