التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From _compute_ + _-er_.
From compute + -er.
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjuːtə/
* (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjutɚ/
* Hyphenation: com‧puter
* Rhymes: -uːtə(r)
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(UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjuːtə/
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(US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpjutɚ/
- Hyphenation: com‧puter
- Rhymes: -uːtə(r)
التي في فئةENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
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_, page 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, page 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.
* by restriction, 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.]
QUOTATIONS
* For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
SYNONYMS
* (programmable device that performs logical operations): automatic data processing machine, processor, 'puter (informal), box (slang), machine, calculator, portable computer, laptop
* See also Wikisaurus:computer
HYPONYMS
* (programmable device that performs logical operations): desktop, laptop
* (a person employed to perform computations): computress f
ANTONYMS
* (a person employed to perform computations): computress f (when "computer" is used to represent the masculine form)
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TRANSLATIONS
computer (plural computers)
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(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]
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1927, J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, page 173
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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.
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2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything,
BCA, page 116:
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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.
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by restriction, a male computer, where the female computer is called a computress
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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.]
التي في فئةDUTCH - ETYMOLOGY
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Dutch - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /kɔmˈpjutər/
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التي في فئةFRENCH - ETYMOLOGY
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French - Verb
COMPUTER
* (old) 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
computer
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(old) to compute
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1802, François-René de Chateaubriand, Génie du christianisme
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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.
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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.
التي في فئةFRENCH - SEE ALSO
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French - See Also
* supputer
* compter
التي في فئةFRENCH - ANAGRAMS
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French - Anagrams
* compteur
التي في فئةFRENCH - EXTERNAL LINKS
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French - External Links
* "computer" in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
التي في فئةITALIAN - ETYMOLOGY
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Italian - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /komˈpjuter/
* Hyphenation: com‧pù‧ter
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IPA(key): /komˈpjuter/
- Hyphenation: com‧pù‧ter
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