different between computer vs screensaver

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

Alternative forms

• screen saver
• screen-saver

Etymology

screen +? saver

Noun

screensaver (plural screensavers)

1. (software) A computer program that displays aesthetic patterns or images when the computer is not being used, originally intended to prevent screenburn.

   I configured my screensaver to appear after only two minutes, because I enjoyed watching it so much.

2. (proscribed) The background picture of a computer, smartphone, or similar mobile device.
   • 2008, Joshua Henkin, Matrimony, Vintage (?ISBN), page 163

     But she changed her screensaver, which was a photo of Julian eating scrambled eggs—he was smiling, holding his fork away from himself, as if he were waving the eggs at her—and replaced it with a photo of Olivia, looking up from her desk […]

   • 2012, Gretchen Rubin, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life, Harmony (?ISBN)

     If he wanted praise, or sympathy, or the chance to talk over a sensitive subject, he turned to me. A friend told me that she sat down at her computer one day to discover that her husband had changed her screensaver to read: “Be nice to Lloyd.

   • 2015, Carol Ann Bartz, The Believer: An Inspirational Story of Zachary David Bartz (The Boy Who Never Gave Up), (?ISBN), chapter 36

     While we waited for Zac to be taken into surgery, I thought of all of his suffering up to this point […] It brought to mind the screensaver that Zac, a few months earlier, had changed his Ipod to.

   • 2016, Austin Duffy, This Living and Immortal Thing, Granta Books (?ISBN)

     When I arrived at the lab this morning he was back sitting in front of his computer, a million miles away, leaning forward on his elbows and staring into the depths of space. He has changed his screensaver again. The Orion nebula has been replaced with some other astronomical scape, far bleaker in its appearance but more realistic. It looks like the outermost edge of the universe.

   • 2016, Tamia Gore-Felton, Bangles and Broken Hearts 3: Return of the Bangles, Lulu.com (?ISBN), page 97

     I tiptoed over to Trent's nightstand and took his phone into the bathroom. I sat on the edge of the bathtub as I entered his code. When I saw that he'd changed his screensaver from our wedding picture to a picture of Diamond, my blood began to boil. I couldn't believe that he'd done that.

   • 2016, Candy J Starr, The Trouble With Rock Stars: Jackson's Story

     She sat at the desk and opened the drawers, then looked up at the computer screen and gave a snort.
     “Sally has Alex's picture as her screensaver. Ha, you'd think she'd be worried he'd see it. […] ”

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