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Synonyms for computer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh m-pyoo-ter
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpyu tər

Top 10 synonyms for computer
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Définition of computer

Origin :
  • 1640s, "one who calculates," agent noun from compute (v.). Meaning "calculating machine" (of any type) is from 1897; in modern use, "programmable digital electronic computer" (1945 under this name; theoretical from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) usually is considered the first. Computer literacy is recorded from 1970; an attempt to establish computerate (adjective, on model of literate) in this sense in the early 1980s didn't catch on. Computerese "the jargon of programmers" is from 1960, as are computerize and computerization.
  • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A New York Congressman says the use of computers to record personal data on individuals, such as their credit background, "is just frightening to me." [news article, March 17, 1968]
  • noun calculating, data processing machine
Example sentences :
  • Of course Ned was a perfect shot—so would I be with a computer for a brain.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • Start — When this switch is operated, the computer will start.
  • Extract from : « Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) » by Digital Equipment Corporation
  • Banasel was whistling tunelessly as he set up readings on a computer.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
  • The or is simply one stroke, or one stick laid down by the computer.
  • Extract from : « The Hindu-Arabic Numerals » by David Eugene Smith
  • It would be something like a computer; that was as far as he was able to go.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • What's up above is only what was needed to operate the computer.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Steve, as a computer, you're a blinding flash and a deafening report!
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • He blacked out as if he'd been a computer suddenly deprived of power.
  • Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "I was following the computer," said Kraybo, in a slightly wavering voice.
  • Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The weak points were traps; the computer could see them and avoid them.
  • Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett
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