computer
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/kəmˈpjuː.tə/]
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1. computer (noun) — sense 1
Definition: 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.
Example: Meronyms: processor, microprocessor, CPU
2. computer (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
Example: I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number: The daies of Man are threescore and ten.
3. computer (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.: A male computer.
Example: Coordinate term: (female) computress
4. computer (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To use a computer.
Example: Cool he was computering, though. My dad, who is only in his 60's (mom too) thinks he is too busy to get connected to the internet. Oh well. More bandwidth for the rest of us, huh?
5. computer (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To send via computer.
Example: They had immediately computered the description out to the scores of law enforcement agencies in Southern California.
6. computer (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To transfer onto a computer; to computerize.
Example: I know there are storage warehouses in New York and Virginia and all over the place, St. Louis, and many other places, that keep these things. I think this is a very fertile area for this committee, and perhaps computering it, or microfilm preservation, or things of that sort.
Structure of the word
Roots:- pewh (Proto-Indo-European)
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