Most people think of computers as specialized gizmos: streamlined boxes sitting on a desk or fingernail-size chips embedded in high-tech coffeepots.

• 大多数的人认为电脑是个特殊而具有功用的装置：坐落在书桌上的流线形盒子，或者是内含指甲般大小晶片的高科技咖啡壶。