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[QUOTE="jacob navia, post: 2388432"]
Indeed -- and note which name is the only available referent for "you"
at that point. :-)

Anyway, my point was that it is difficult to count "computers" and
"systems" and "OSes" without first defining each.  Is an embedded
system a "system"?  It has one or more microprocessors, and these
days, many of them are programmed in C (and some are even being
done in both Java and C, including high-end car "infotainment"
systems).

This fits well with my personal definition of an "embedded system
computer", which is "any time you don't constantly think: there is
a computer in here" when you use it. :-)[/QUOTE]

That is a special purpose system. Not a general purpose system that can 
be programmed.

The crux in a computer is that it can be programmed to do any new
task you want by using the processor's instruction set.

This supposes access to the processor instruction set, and a mean
of directing its actions using a programming language.

You could convert the microwave in a computer by adding the
necessary software, but then... it wouldn't be a microwave
oven anymore...
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