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universal computer
A computer that is capable of universal computation, which means that given a description of any other computer or program and some data, it can perfectly emulate this second computer or program. Strictly speaking, home PCs are not universal computers because they have only a finite amount of memory. However, in practice, this is usually ignored.
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