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By that definition, the purpose of a computer is to get hot. It of course does get hot, but a purpose is more than simply a side-effect.
Purpose, according to Cambridge Dictionary, is "why you do something or why something exist". A side-effect wouldn't pose any cause, therefore it's NOT its purpose.
The purpose of the cooling system of a computer is to move the heat away because that's what it does.
Yeah but the point of a cooling system isn't e.g. "making noise" even though that' also something that it does.