Instruction Set Computer

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

“The care of a house, the conduct of a home, the management of children, the instruction and government of servants, are as deserving of scientific treatment and scientific professors and lectureships as are the care of farms, the management of manure and crops, and the raising and care of stock.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)

“Do I terrify?—

The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

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