PC or CPU

[JFHuff]

So im tired of hearing the different ways on naming a computer. My instructor at school calls a computer a cpu as well as a few other people i know. I personally hate that bc the cpu (central processing unit) is the processor. And the PC (personal computer) is the computer as a whole.

So in essence im just trying to see what the general consensus is on this.

So is the computer a PC or a CPU?

(I know this is a waste of forum space but i figured i might as well ask)

 

[bigsaucybob]

There really isn't much of an argument, people who call it a CPU are wrong. A PC is the correct name unless there is some other abbreviations for CPU that I am unaware of.

 

[magicman]

Calling a computer a CPU is like calling a computer a RAM, or calling a computer a GPU. It's just one part of the whole. There's no question your instructor, and anyone else who calls a pc a CPU, is wrong.

 

[JFHuff]

awsome....i already knew this and it pissed me off whenever anyone called it a cpu. One of those things where it just gets under ur skin and ur like "can u really be that stupid". Thanks. Just wanted to check and see what other people thought.

 

[Geoff]

I can see why people call it a CPU, because the tower actually is the "Central processing unit", where all the work takes place. But PC is the correct term.

 

[jp198780]

yeahh ahaa, i know people that call a computer a CPU ahaa, if i told them what a CPU was, they'd probrably want 2 kill themselves lmao, 4 calling the PC a CPU all this time...

 

[Ku-sama]

i corrected my teacher a few years back... she sent me out of class... :cry:

 

[The_Beast]

i corrected my teacher a few years back... she sent me out of class... :cry:

hahaha kinda funny

yeah it is PC

 

[M0ddingMan1a]

i corrected my teacher a few years back... she sent me out of class... :cry:

LOL u serious.. she must be very stubborn.

 

[The_Other_One]

Well I say it's a CPU

...yes, I'm just being smart PC = Personal Computer. CPU = Central Processing Unit, or the unit that does all the processing. Processing is done inside the computer, or personal computer.

 

[Archangel]

i corrected my teacher a few years back... she sent me out of class... :cry:

dont worry, if i had a class, i would sent you out too...


Anyway, yes, Pc is the correct term for it,.. the CPU is just a part of it.

 

[jp198780]

the CPU's like the brain of the computer, aint it?

 

[magicman]

the CPU's like the brain of the computer, aint it?

Yep, and I guess you could say the motherboard's like the central nervous system, the graphics card is like the visual cortex in reverse, and the PSU is like the heart.

 

[Archangel]

the Optical's would be the eye's.. the video card would be your immagination ^^ and the ram + HDD would be the memory of the brain.

but then... its has no leg's.. I feel sad for pc's now..

 

[Dropkickmurphys]

well PC inst correct for everything anyway i think. a computer can also be called a Mac, which istn a PC....i think...

and i hate people that call pc's CPU's, once someone told me their CPU wasnt working properly, so i tried to explain to them what to do about an Acutally CPU, before i relised that they actullay meant their PC... :S

 

[Archangel]

well PC inst correct for everything anyway i think. a computer can also be called a Mac, which istn a PC....i think...

All Mac's are Pc's.. but not all Pc's are Mac's.

 

[JamesBart]

PC. just like that.

 

[tomb08uk]

Technically its a base unit isnt it really....not a computer without a mouse and such like..

 

[belfong]

Pc.