computer literacy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From computer + literacy.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˌpjuːtə ˈlɪt(ə)rəsi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəmˌpjutəɹ ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəsi/, [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-]
Audio (CA) (file) - Hyphenation: com‧put‧er li‧ter‧a‧cy
Noun[edit]
computer literacy (usually uncountable, plural computer literacies)
- (computing) The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language). [from late 20th c.]
- Synonyms: (informal) computeracy, cyberliteracy
- Antonym: computer illiteracy
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
ability to operate a personal computer
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “computer literacy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
- ^ “computer literacy, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
Further reading[edit]
- computer literacy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia