computer
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See also: Computer
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjuːtə/
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Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjutɚ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːtə(r)
Noun[edit]
computer (plural computers)
- (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]
- 1927, J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, p. 173
- Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer, disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 116:
- One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
- 1927, J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, p. 173
- 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.]
Quotations[edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Synonyms[edit]
- (programmable device that performs logical operations): automatic data processing machine, processor, 'puter (informal), box (slang), machine, calculator, portable computer, laptop
Hyponyms[edit]
- (programmable device that performs logical operations): desktop, laptop
- See also Wikisaurus:computer
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Related terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
a programmable device
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a person employed to perform computations
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Noun[edit]
computer m (plural computers, diminutive computertje n)
Verb[edit]
computer
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin computāre (“to compute, sum up”). See also compter, and conter.
Verb[edit]
computer
- (old) to compute
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of computer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | computer | avoir computé | |||||
| gerund | en computant | en ayant computé | |||||
| present participle | computant | ||||||
| past participle | computé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compute | computes | compute | computons | computez | computent |
| imperfect | computais | computais | computait | computions | computiez | computaient | |
| past historic1 | computai | computas | computa | computâmes | computâtes | computèrent | |
| future | computerai | computeras | computera | computerons | computerez | computeront | |
| conditional | computerais | computerais | computerait | computerions | computeriez | computeraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compute | computes | compute | computions | computiez | computent |
| imperfect1 | computasse | computasses | computât | computassions | computassiez | computassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | compute | — | computons | computez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Italian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
computer m (invariable)
- computer (calculating device)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
computer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of computō
Romansch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
computer m (plural computers)
Synonyms[edit]
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