• 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.