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How washing machine can be call a computer??

17th Jun 2019, 7:21 AM
Gaurav Rawat
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It can be called a computer because it have microprocessors.
17th Jun 2019, 5:33 PM
Tushar
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Good question and good answers above. The world of Internet of Things/Embedded has all kinds of things (refrigerators, thermostats, cameras etc.) that were once not programmable (20 yrs. ago) but now can be programmed remotely and can connect to the world via the Internet. If you put a Raspberry Pi Zero W ($5) with a camera module on it on a wifi network it is a computer in my opinion. I think Martin makes a good point that the typical washing machine, with microcontroller but no processor, isn't really a computer. Sonic and Yathin Babu's comments are also helpful. Thank you Gaurav Rawat for this question.
17th Jun 2019, 10:29 AM
‎‏‎‏‎Joe
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It contains a microprocessor.
17th Jun 2019, 9:15 AM
Sonic
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It has CPU, and set of codes to operate.
17th Jun 2019, 7:59 AM
Yathin Babu
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Je s'appelle groot
17th Jun 2019, 5:42 PM
Morisset Kesner
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the washing machine has its own job and life, and of course, ti can afford its own phone, and through this, it can call a computer friend for help (in escaping the prision called the "laundry room")
19th Jun 2019, 3:03 AM
slick
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Its uses microcontroller programming AFAIK đŸ€”
19th Jun 2019, 3:40 AM
Sanjay Kamath
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Washing machine can be called a computer because it has microprocessors and it run on some programs which allows it to be controlled.
19th Jun 2019, 5:44 PM
Tojumi Masked_code
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A computer is literally anything that computes. Your phone is a computer. A calculator is a computer. This toilet I'm on right now is a computer. It's automated.
17th Jun 2019, 7:43 PM
Daniel Cooper