Meaning of computer | Babel Free

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1. 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
   archaic, historical
3. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes
4. A male computer.
   archaic, historical
5. An electronic device capable of processing information according to a set of instructions stored within the device. See Note at program.
6. A male computer
7. 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.
8. an electronic machine capable of storing and processing large amounts of information and of performing calculations. The whole process is done by computer; PC means `personal computer'; a computer game; a computer program. rekenaar, rekenoutomaat, dataverwerker حاسوب، عقل الكتروني( كومبيوتر) компютър computador počítač der Computer computer ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστήςordenador arvuti کامپیوتر؛ رایانه tietokone ordinateurמחשב कम्प्यूटर računalo számítógép komputer tölva computer コンピューター 컴퓨터 kompi...
9. To use a computer
10. to put (information etc) into a form suitable for use by a computer. Are you intending to computerize your book-ordering system? rekenariseer يُحَوْسِب компютъризирам computadorizar zpracovávat na počítači auf Computer umstellen lægge ind på computer μηχανογραφώ computarizar, computerizar, informatizar arvutisse sisestama, arvutiga töötlema کامپیوتری کردن siirtää tietokoneelle informatiser לְמַחשֵב कम्प्यूटर के उपयोग के अनुरूप बनाना kompjuterski izračunati, uvesti kompjutersku obradu komputer...
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11. To send via computer
12. A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.
13. One who computes.
14. (Computer Science) a. a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers. See also digital computer, analog computer, hybrid computer
15. a person who computes or calculates
16. a programmable electronic device designed for performing prescribed operations on data at high speed, esp. one housed with or linked to other devices for inputting, storing, retrieving, and displaying the data.
17. one that computes.
18. A device for processing information at high speeds by electronic methods.

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Examples

“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.”

“By which manner of ſpeaking, this Propheteſs, who is ſo exact a Computer, would have us, I ſuppoſe, to conclude, that it would be a great miſtake to think that the number of Angels was either 9, or 11 for one of Men.”

“Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer, disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.”

“During World War II, scientific laboratories had rooms full of people doing different parts of a complicated calculation using pencil and paper, slide rules, and mechanical calculators. At that time, the word computer referred to a person, and those group calculations may be viewed as the early steps of parallel computing.”

“One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.”

“Coordinate term: (female) computress”

“I spend around 6 hours a day at the computer.”

“As well as saving the photos on my computer, I have them backed up on a USB drive.”

“David is a computer expert.”

“Janet works at the computer store.”

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