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com·puter (kəm pyo̵̅o̅t′ər)

noun

  1. a person who computes
  2. a device used for computing; specif., an electronic machine which, by means of stored instructions and information, performs rapid, often complex calculations or compiles, correlates, and selects data; now, esp., digital computer

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computer Synonyms

computer

n.

personal computer, PC, microcomputer, minicomputer, mainframe, laptop computer, home computer, workstation, supercomputer, electronic brain, thinking machine, data processor, word processor, calculator, processor, supermini, superminicomputer, supermicro, master control, number cruncher*, machine*, cybernetic organism, digital computer*, analog computer*, network*, neural net, neural network. *

Various trademarked brands of computers include: IBM, Apple, Macintosh, Mac, Compaq, Cray, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Digital, NEC, Sun, Amiga.


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computer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • connect: A network that connects computer together within a small area, usually a single office.

Adjective modifier

  • laptop: Contact us - We have a range of safes for the security of your laptop computers.

Modifies a noun

  • science: He received a PhD degree in computer science in 1990 at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands.

Noun used with modifier

  • notebook: Either way, there's an ergonomic price to pay with notebook computers.
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computer quotes

The computer is a fast idiot, it has no imagination; it cannot originate action. It is, and will remain, only a tool to man.

-American LibraryAssociation

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts† A graphical representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity.Lines of light ranged inthenon- space of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.

-Gibson,William Ford

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.

-Hopper, Grace Murray

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