noun
a machine for performing calculations automatically
• Syn: ↑computer, ↑computing device, ↑data processor, ↑electronic computer, ↑information processing system
• Derivationally related forms: ↑compute (for: ↑computer), ↑computerize (for: ↑computer), ↑computerise (for: ↑computer)
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Members of this Topic:
↑compatible, ↑incompatible, ↑up, ↑interconnection, ↑console, ↑faceplate, ↑module, ↑plotter, ↑scratchpad, ↑slot, ↑expansion slot, ↑throughput, ↑visual display unit, ↑VDU, ↑data structure, ↑alpha test, ↑beta test, ↑computer science, ↑computing, ↑digital communication, ↑data communication, ↑format, ↑formatting, ↑data format, ↑data formatting, ↑pass, ↑outage, ↑back up
• Hypernyms: ↑machine
• Hyponyms:
↑analog computer, ↑analogue computer, ↑digital computer, ↑home computer, ↑node, ↑client, ↑guest, ↑number cruncher, ↑pari-mutuel machine, ↑totalizer, ↑totaliser, ↑totalizator, ↑totalisator, ↑predictor, ↑server, ↑host, ↑Turing machine, ↑web site, ↑website, ↑internet site, ↑site
• Part Holonyms: ↑platform
• Part Meronyms:
↑busbar, ↑bus, ↑cathode-ray tube, ↑CRT, ↑central processing unit, ↑CPU, ↑C.P.U., ↑central processor, ↑processor, ↑mainframe, ↑chip, ↑microchip, ↑micro chip, ↑silicon chip, ↑microprocessor chip, ↑computer accessory, ↑computer circuit, ↑data converter, ↑disk cache, ↑diskette, ↑floppy, ↑floppy disk, ↑hardware, ↑computer hardware, ↑keyboard, ↑memory, ↑computer memory, ↑storage, ↑computer storage, ↑store, ↑memory board, ↑monitor, ↑monitoring device, ↑peripheral, ↑computer peripheral, ↑peripheral device
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noun : computer a
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computing machine,
= computer. (Cf. ↑computer)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.