Computer as a Do It Yourself ( DIY) Tool
To use computer as a transformation tool, is to use it on a trivial level. It is generally symbol-manipulating device and allows the writing of a program essentially define what the machine any way he or she chooses. The generality gives computer a very special significance as the modern device which allows to be used as a sort of do it yourself design kit, rather than as a single fixed from other tools - Harold Coher, The Knowledge Machine