computer
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After finding a treat for his dog Lala, who occasionally makes an appearance on the Peacock competition series, he sits down in front of his computer and sighs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Lean was the brainchild of Leonardo de Moura, a computer scientist at Microsoft Research in the early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Muse engineers said the bot had exploited a permissions setting on his Mac computer he didn’t realize was applicable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The personal computer and killer apps such as spreadsheets fueled an explosion of demand that far offset that falling price: between 1974 and 1984, business investment in computers and peripherals tripled to 0.8% of GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He felt like he was still too close to the computer screen.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
As Kevin Hartnett relates in “The Proof in the Code,” soon after digital computers became available their creators attempted to put Turing’s proposal to the test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
While most people have likely never heard of an actuator, they’re found across daily life — used in everything from smartphones and computers to refrigerators and cars, to convert power into motion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Free help with repairing bikes, electrical items, computers and clothes is coming to an Oxford neighbourhood.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Yet the “Turing machine,” as it came to be known, provided the theoretical foundations for all computers to this day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“And the computers will be delivered early next week.”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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Units 2–3
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