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Synonyms for computers

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

Top 10 synonyms for computers
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Définition of computers

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 :
  • Since we of Earth can not peyondire, we do not expect that ability from our computers.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Computers are machines; they have no sense of self-preservation.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • "I'll have the reports from the computers sent to you," Condley offered.
  • Extract from : « Damned If You Don't » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Computers were invented as a tool for calculation, as well as for other activities.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • It was clear that the major had strong feelings about computers.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • The computers should be able to determine how long and how slow we'll have to fly to cancel this out.
  • Extract from : « Lost in the Future » by John Victor Peterson
  • It looked to me like the front end of one of these computers I used to see in the magazines.
  • Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
  • Not after what you've managed to do to all the other computers you've faced.
  • Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
  • But if the British computers are wrong, why doesn't somebody do something about it?
  • Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
  • Unless the grip of the computers is broken anything might happen.
  • Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
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