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A computer is a Muggle machine designed to interpret and carry out a string of operations inputted by the user, and is used to store and receive information, as well as for recreation (e.g. Internet, videogames etc) .[1] The Dursleys owned a computer, which Dudley Dursley often played games on. A photograph at 4 Privet Drive depicted Dudley playing a computer game with his father and on his eleventh birthday in 1991, he received a new computer to replace the old one, as well as sixteen new computer games.[2] It is possible that computers are a Muggle invention that cannot be fully duplicated with magic.[3]

Computers are one of numerous devices that do not work in magical environments such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry because they are powered by electricity.[4]

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  1. WP favicon Computer on Wikipedia
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 3 (The Letters from No One)
  3. Question 13 on the second W.O.M.B.A.T.
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 28 - (The Madness of Mr. Crouch)
  5. Raincoast Books interview, available on Accio Quote!
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