MOBILE

Mobile usually refers to:

* A mobile phone, a portable communications device
* A mobile (sculpture), a hanging artwork (or toy)
* Mobility (disambiguation), the ability to move or be moved

Mobile may also refer to:

* 1 Technology
* 2 Places
* 3 Entertainment
* 4 Other
* 5 See also

Technology

* Mobile computing, a generic term describing one's ability to use technology in mobile environments
* Mobile game, a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA or handheld computer
* Mobile Magazine, a publication on portable electronics
* Mobile radio, wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies
* Mobile rig
* Mobile station, user equipment and software needed for communication with a wireless telephone network
* Mobile Web, the World Wide Web as accessed from mobile devices using Mobile Web Browser
* Mobile TV, TV services viewed via a mobile device.

Places

* Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city
* Mobile Bay, near Mobile, Alabama
* Mobile County, Alabama
* The Mobile River in Alabama
* University of Mobile, a private university located in Mobile County, Alabama
* Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S.
* Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
* Mobile, Columbia

Entertainment

* Mobile Entertainment Forum, the global voice of mobile entertainment companies
* Mobile (band), a group of Canadian rock musicians
* Mobile (song), a song by Avril Lavigne from her album Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)
* Mobile (TV series), a British ITV drama
* A Mob (computer gaming), a type of non-player character
* Mobile (GunBound), constructs in the turn-based Internet game
* Mobile weapons, fictional weapon systems from the Gundam anime metaseries

COMPUTER

A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (around 1940 - 1945), although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers.[1] Modern computers are based on comparatively tiny integrated circuits and are millions to billions of times more capable while occupying a fraction of the space.Today, simple computers may be made small enough to fit into a wristwatch and be powered from a watch battery. Personal computers in various forms are icons of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "a computer"; however, the most common form of computer in use today is the embedded computer. Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are used to control other devices — for example, they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital cameras, and children's toys.
History of computing

History of computer hardware

The Jacquard loom was one of the first programmable devices.
The Jacquard loom was one of the first programmable devices.

It is difficult to identify any one device as the earliest computer, partly because the term "computer" has been subject to varying interpretations over time. Originally, the term "computer" referred to a person who performed numerical calculations (a human computer), often with the aid of a mechanical calculating device.

The history of the modern computer begins with two separate technologies - that of automated calculation and that of programmability.

Examples of early mechanical calculating devices included the abacus, the slide rule and arguably the astrolabe and the Antikythera mechanism (which dates from about 150-100 BC). The end of the Middle Ages saw a re-invigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and Wilhelm Schickard's 1623 device was the first of a number of mechanical calculators constructed by European engineers. However, none of those devices fit the modern definition of a computer because they could not be programmed.