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What is a computer? A  computer  is an electronic device that manipulates information, or data. It has the ability to  store ,  retrieve , and  process  data. You may already know that you can use a computer to  type documents ,  send email , play games , and  browse the Web . You can also use it to edit or create  spreadsheets , presentations , and even  videos . Watch the video below to learn about different types of computers. Looking for the old version of this video? You can still view it  here .  software Before we talk about different types of computers, let's talk about two things all computers have in common:  hardware  and software . Hardware  is any part of your computer that has a  physical structure , such as the keyboard or mouse. It also includes all of the computer's internal parts, which you can see in the image below. Software  is any  set of instructions  that tells the hardware  what to do  and  how to do it . Examples of software include web browsers, games

A  blog  (a  truncation  of " weblog ") [1]  is a discussion or informational  website  published on the  World Wide Web  consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in  reverse chronological order , so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the  web page . Until 2009, blogs were usually the work of a single individual, [ citation needed ]  occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject or topic. In the 2010s, "multi-author blogs" (MABs) emerged, featuring the writing of multiple authors and sometimes professionally  edited . MABs from newspapers , other  media outlets , universities, think tanks ,  advocacy groups , and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog  traffic . The rise of  Twitter  and other " microblogging " systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into the news media.  Blog  can also be used as a verb, meaning  to m