Assumptions Quote by Ellen Ullman

A computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very small part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order,…

— Ellen Ullman

What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure, and thus…

— Henry Petroski

A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. The rigidly marshaled syntax and the scrupulous definitions all exist to make…

— Fred Brooks

A computer is the most incredible tool we've ever seen. It can be a writing tool, a communications center, a supercalculator, a planner, a…

— Steve Jobs

Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.

— Tony Fadell

A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

A computer is a machine for constructing mappings from input to output.

— Michael Kirby

Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.

— Bill Gates

Once you have a computer that can do a few things - strictly speaking, one that has a certain 'sufficient set' of basic procedures…

— Richard P. Feynman

It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is…

— Alan Kay

While it is becoming increasingly obvious that the fundamental architecture of a system has a profound Influence on the quality of its human factors,…

— Lewis M. Branscomb

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

— Seth Lloyd