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English

Etymology

From compute +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pju?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pjut?/, [k?m?p?ju??]
• Hyphenation: com?put?er
• Rhymes: -u?t?(r)

Noun

computer (plural computers)

1. (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

   Hyponym: computress

2. (by restriction, chiefly historical) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
3. 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. [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: processor, (informal) 'puter, (slang) box, machine, calculator

   Hyponyms: desktop, laptop, portable computer, stored-program computer

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:computer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:computer

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

Further reading

• computer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• computer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??m?p?j?u?d??]

Noun

computer c (singular definite computeren, plural indefinite computere)

1. computer (machine)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pjut?r/
• Hyphenation: com?pu?ter
• Rhymes: -ut?r

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer m (plural computers, diminutive computertje n)

1. computer

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

computer

1. first-person singular present indicative of computeren
2. imperative of computeren

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comput?, comput?re (“to compute, sum up”). See also the doublets compter and conter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.py.te/
• Homophones: computai, computé, computée, computées, computés, computez

Verb

computer

1. (archaic, rare) To compute.
   • 1802, François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie du christianisme

     Quant aux ères, ici on compte par l'année de la création, là par olympiade, par la fondation de Rome, par la naissance de Jésus-Christ, par l'époque d'Eusèbe, par celle des Séleucides, celle de Nabonassar, celle des martyrs. Les Turcs ont leur hégire, les Persans leur yezdegerdic. On compute encore par les éres julienne, grégorienne, ibérienne et actienne.

     As the eras, here they compute by the year of the creation, there by olympiads, by the foundation of Rome, by the birth of Christ, by the epoch of Eusebius, by that of Seleucids, of Nabonassar, of the Martyrs. The Turks have their hegira, the Persians their yezdegerdie. The Julian, Gregorian, Iberian and Actian eras, are also employed in computation.

Conjugation

See also

• supputer
• compter

Further reading

• “computer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• compteur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?pju.ter/
• Hyphenation: com?pù?ter

Noun

computer m (invariable)

1. computer (calculating device)

Latin

Verb

computer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comput?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer n (plural computere)

1. computer

Related terms

• computa

See also

• calculator
• ordinator

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer.

Noun

computer m (plural computers)

1. computer

   Synonym: calculater

English

Etymology

From defragment +? -ation or de- +? fragmentation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di??f?æ?m?n?te???n/

Noun

defragmentation (countable and uncountable, plural defragmentations)

1. (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.

Related terms

• fragmentation

Translations