computer
Meanings
Plural: computers
Noun
- a machine for performing calculations automatically
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
- A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
- A male computer.
- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
Verb
- To use a computer.
- To send via computer.
- To transfer onto a computer; to computerize.
Origin / Etymology
From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. First sense first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. Second sense first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering.
Synonyms
'puter, box, calculator, computator, computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic brain, electronic computer, estimator, figurer, human calculator, information processing system, machine, mental calculator, number cruncher, processor, reckoner, thinking machine
Scrabble Score: 14
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