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In Reply to: one certainly can have "good" definitions and bad ones posted by Sordidman on October 12, 2014 at 18:34:52:
"good definitions are less arbitrary."
Absolutely. There are good definitions and bad definitions, but there are also different purposes. A definition may be good for one purpose and bad for another. If you are a audio consumer you are likely to care about function. If you are an audio designer (or even an advanced audio tweaker) you need knowledge of mechanisms to speed progress to your goal. The definition accorded to "computer" is likely to depend on whether your primariy concern is with function or with mechanism.
In the computer industry there is established terminology. There are many terms to describe computer systems, such as general purpose computers, servers, terminals, thin clients, personal computers, embedded systems, micro controllers, etc... Computer engineers talk in terms of processors and memory. Theoretical computer scientists talk in terms of universal Turing machines, ... You are free to make up whatever terms you want, but if you want to be widely understood, it's probably best to stick with established usage. These "streamers" most likely fall into the category of embedded systems, so long as they are running official firmware.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Follow Ups
- RE: one certainly can have "good" definitions and bad ones - Tony Lauck 10/13/1407:37:55 10/13/14 (2)
- Excellent points Tony - Sordidman 09:19:11 10/13/14 (1)
- RE: Excellent points Tony - Tony Lauck 10:08:51 10/13/14 (0)
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