Instruction Set Computer

Famous quotes containing the words instruction, set and/or computer:

“A little instruction in the elements of chartography—a little practice in the use of the compass and the spirit level, a topographical map of the town common, an excursion with a road map—would have given me a fat round earth in place of my paper ghost.”
—Mary Antin (1881–1949)

“Never so rich a gem
Was set in worse than gold.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)