• Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        A computer is classically defined by a device having I/O, processing and memory working together. People colloquially call the assembled product a computer, which is fine, but it’s still technically a computer installed in a chassis.

        However, a graphics card also has I/O, a processor, and memory and can perform tasks indepently, so it’s a computer installed in a computer installed in a chassis.

        At least people arent calling it the CPU anymore…

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          1 day ago

          once you attach a thing into another thing, it becomes a part of that thing, making the thing you attached it to larger. the end result is one thing that is larger than both components.

          Thus, once you attach a graphics card to your computer, your computer is larger, and your graphics card is a smaller part of said computer

          QED.

          I am not taking further questions.