Computer

Computer Meanings:

• One who computes
• an electronic device for performing calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within the computer, a central processing unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are performed on data, a random-access memory, where the programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to input data and output results, and various other peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as circuitry to support the main operations
• same as digital computer
• (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. Synonyms: mental calculator, human calculator Hyponym: computress(by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
• 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. Synonyms: processor, (informal) 'puter, (slang) box, machine, calculator; see also Thesaurus:computer Hyponyms: desktop, laptop, portable computer, stored-program computer
• (programmable electronic device): electronic device, machine
• (transitive) To transfer onto a computer; to computerize.
• computer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• inflection of computeren: first-person singular present indicative
• Homophones: computai, computé, computée, computées, computés, computez
• (archaic, rare) to compute
• “computer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• computer (calculating device) Synonyms: calcolatore, elaboratore
• first-person singular present passive subjunctive of computō
• computer Synonyms: calculator, ordinator