I am not trying to assert that. In computing when setting out to design or make something "modern" that has 1 expected meaning.
>then I'd point out that computer != CPU
The book focuses on the CPU part of the computer, but the way memory, graphics, and input is done isn't modern either.
>the term is used in contrast to calculators or specialized number-crunching machines
Those have CPUs in them too and most would be more advanced than the CPU from this book.
I am not trying to assert that. In computing when setting out to design or make something "modern" that has 1 expected meaning.
>then I'd point out that computer != CPU
The book focuses on the CPU part of the computer, but the way memory, graphics, and input is done isn't modern either.
>the term is used in contrast to calculators or specialized number-crunching machines
Those have CPUs in them too and most would be more advanced than the CPU from this book.