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computer
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)
- (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]
- 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. [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)
- 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)
- computer
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
computer
- first-person singular present indicative of computeren
- 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
- (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.
- 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.
- 1802, François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie du christianisme
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)
- computer (calculating device)
Latin
Verb
computer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comput?
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English computer.
Noun
computer n (plural computere)
- computer
Related terms
- computa
See also
- calculator
- ordinator
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from English computer.
Noun
computer m (plural computers)
- computer
- Synonym: calculater
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memex
English
Etymology
Blend of memory +? index, coined by Vannevar Bush in his article As We May Think (1945) in The Atlantic Monthly.
Noun
memex (plural memexes)
- A proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls and microfilm equipment, that would permit a researcher to follow and annotate topics of interest, analogous to later hypertext technologies.
Translations
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