A Computer

A computer's architecture is its abstract model and is the programmer's view in terms of instructions, addressing modes and registers. A computer's organization expresses the realization of the architecture. Architecture describes what the computer does and organization describes how it does it. Architecture and organization are independent; you can change the organization of a computer without changing its architecture. For example, a 64-bit architecture can be internally organized as a true 64-bit machine or as a 16-bit machine that uses four cycles to handle 64-bit values. The difference between architecture and organization is best illustrated by a noncomputer example. Is the gear lever in a car part of its architecture or organization? The architecture of a car is simple; it transports you from A to B. The gear lever belongs to the car's organization because it implements the function of a car but is not part of that function (a car does not intrinsically need a gear lever). difference between a computer and the human brain

Isn't the main difference between a computer and the human brain this: a computer uses a programme to process data but the human brain processes data and processes programmes which process data (to improve the data processing programmes and thus increase the brain's effectiveness and efficiency) in other words the human brain treats programmes as data?

Originally Posted by ChaoticLlama

A human mind is more than the sum of its' parts, a computer is not. right- a mind is more than the sum- it is

where

is the number of parts

a classical computer is the same- but we haven't figured out the software equivalent yet- LISP was very close in terms of overall function- but you really need a modular hierarchy of networked programs- nor have we developed hardware that could run it in real-time you would need about 10^16 operations per second: petaflops