They're changing the way that we live our lives.

它們正在改變我們的生活方式。

But have you ever asked yourself, What exactly is a computer?

但你有沒有問過自己，電腦到底是什麼？

A computer is an Elektronik device that manipulates information or data.

計算機是一種操作資訊或數據的Elektronik設備。

The computer sees data as ones and zeros, but it knows how to combine them into much more complex things, such as a photo movie, website game and much more.

計算機把數據看成是1和0，但它知道如何把它們組合成更復雜的東西，比如照片電影、網站遊戲等等。

Computers use a combination of hardware and software.

計算機採用硬件和軟件相結合的方式。

Hardware is any physical part of the computer, which includes the internal components and the external.

硬件是指計算機的任何物理部分，包括內部組件和外部。

Parts like the monitor and keyboard software is any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do, such as a Web browser, media player or word processor.

像顯示器和鍵盤軟件這樣的部件是任何一套告訴硬件做什麼的指令，例如Web瀏覽器、媒體播放器或文字處理器。

When most people say computer, they're talking about a personal computer, this could be a desktop computer or a laptop, which has basically the same capabilities.

當大多數人說到電腦時，他們說的是個人電腦，這可能是臺式電腦或筆記本電腦，其功能基本相同。

But in a more portable package, personal computers come in a few different styles.

但在更便攜的包裝下，個人電腦有幾種不同的風格。

The most common type uses the Windows operating system Max or Macintosh computers feature the Mac OS operating system, while Chromebooks run on chrome os smartphones and other mobile devices mostly used the IOS or Android operating systems.

最常見的類型使用Windows作業系統Max或Macintosh電腦的特點是Mac OS作業系統，而Chromebook運行在chrome os智能手機和其他移動設備大多使用IOS或Android作業系統。

We'll talk more about operating systems in a later video.

我們將在後面的視頻中詳細介紹作業系統。

Computers come in many other shapes and sizes.

電腦還有很多其他形狀和尺寸。

TVs, game consoles and even appliances like refrigerators can have built in computers.

電視機、遊戲機，甚至冰箱等電器都可以內置電腦。

Although they may not do everything a desktop or laptop can.

雖然它們可能無法做到臺式機或筆記本電腦所能做到的一切。

There's another type of computer that plays an important role in our lives Servers.

還有一種電腦，在我們的生活中扮演著重要的角色 服務器。

A server sends information to other computers on a network.

服務器向網絡上的其他計算機發送信息。

In fact, every time you used the Internet, Web servers deliver the Web pages that you want to see to your computer.

事實上，每次你使用互聯網時，Web服務器都會將你想看到的網頁傳送到你的電腦上。

Servers are also used in many offices to store and share files.

很多辦公室也使用服務器來存儲和共享文件。

As you can see, there are many types of computers out there in each one plays a part in our modern world g c f global creating opportunities for a better life.

正如你所看到的，有許多類型的計算機在每一個人在我們的現代世界g c f全球創造更好的生活機會的一部分。