1. 1  a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. ( 2 as modifier): computer technology, related prefix cyber-.
We are concerned with the analysis of data generated from an experiment. It is wise to take time and effort to organize the experiment properly to ensure that the right type of data, and enough of it, is available to answer the questions of interest as clearly and efficiently as possible.
A main condition necessary for the advancement of physics and astronomy that progressed during the Scientific Revolution was the advance of mathematics, which allowed the proof of abstract theories and provided a more logical method for attacking the Aristotelian system.he thinkers of the early Scientific Revolution had provided their descendents with a broad framework of new philosophies, hypotheses, and qualitative observations, all of which pointed to a revolution in thought.