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A computer can't function without an operating system

A total lie usually mentioned in computer textbooks when talking about operating systems. Older computers sometimes do not have an operating system, so this is totally a lie because these computers can still function. Also, even modern computers can make use of the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) to do some basic tasks such as viewing and changing the date.
School textbooks: "A computer can't function without an operating system!"
1930s computer operator: "wtf is that"
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Computer

An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
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computative

Apparently true because the computer says it is.
His online identity was entirely fabricated, yet irrefutably computative.
by Monkey's Dad March 17, 2020
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Computer

A thingie that stores the information nobody shall ever see in your history.
I have to make sure nobody sees this computer!
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computer illiterate

a term of endearment/sarcasm/ insult, depending on the situation, for one's old man (father) or old lady (mother)
boy: yoohoo, dad, my favorite computer illiterate, please give me cash for my weekly candy portion, well if you don't want to give me my allowance.

father: stop calling me a computer illiterate, young man, cuz I am a computer engineer by profession, please improve your vocabulary and then come back and talk to me comme du monde
by Sexydimma August 31, 2012
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organic computer glitch

When you make a mental blunder for no apparent reason, similar to a brain fart.
I have no idea why I did that, it must have been an organic computer glitch.
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computer repentance

erasing your communication data from your electronic devices
The Hollywood actor was in a moment of computer repentance after reading about crime.
by Coop Dupe June 10, 2018
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