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computer
  1. (now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]
  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.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The computer is able to process immense amounts of data asynchronously.”
      “Children need a place for their computer equipment, and parents need closet space for their clothing.”
      “Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off.”
computing
computerism
  1. (politics) A political ideology which maintains that all government power should be delegated to a computer or artificial intelligence.
  2. (art) A painting style that developed from the cubist movement.
computus
  1. The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
  2. (historical) A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This computus also contains only one completed Plinian diagram, that for the planetary harmonic intervals.”
      “De temporibus, or On Time, written in about 703, provides an introduction to the principles of Easter computus.”
      “He also wrote several shorter letters and essays discussing specific aspects of computus.”
computronium
  1. (science fiction) Programmable matter.
  2. (science fiction) A hypothetical material engineered to maximize its use as a computing substrate.
computeritis
  1. (humorous) Any ailment relating to or caused by computers, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
  2. (humorous) The mistaken belief that computers are the answer to every problem.
computation
  1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
  2. The result of computation; the amount computed.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The determination of the date of Easter is governed by a computation based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon.”
      “If we can have exact numerical computation, why would anyone choose approximate arithmetic?”
      “In computer science, an automaton is an abstract machine that can serve as a model of computation.”
computist
  1. One who performs computations.
  2. One who performs computus (calculation of the date of Easter).
  3. Examples:
    1. “So let's suppose that you are to be the computist in the case of the analog shift map.”
computor
computationalism
  1. (philosophy) The view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.
compunications
  1. The combination of computer and telecommunications technologies.
computerisation
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerization.
  2. Examples:
    1. “So, this move has to be seen as a first step towards facilitating the process of computerisation.”
      “Nobody in power dared a debate on the merits and demerits of computerisation in a vast country with millions and millions of unemployed youth.”
      “Over time, however, the term has come to mean one opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation or new technologies in general.”
computerphobe
  1. A person afflicted by computerphobia; one who fears or dislikes computers.
computerization
  1. The act of computerizing something, or something computerized.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Main category headings are computerization, field equipment, fleets, marketing, measurement, odorization, pipelines, and miscellaneous.”
      “As industry was modernized by automation and computerization, workers' skills became outdated or unwanted.”
      “The computerization plan covers all schools, and there is now, on average, one computer for every eight students.”
computress
  1. (obsolete) feminine equivalent of computer (a person employed to perform computations; one who computes)
computerology
  1. (humorous) The study of computers, or any kind of work with computers; computing.
computerlore
  1. The knowledge, teaching, study, science, or legend surrounding computers.
computerphobia
  1. Fear or irrational dislike of computers; cyberphobia.
  2. Synonyms:
computationalist
  1. One who subscribes to the theory of computationalism.
computability
  1. (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This correspondence between physical realizability and computability seems to require something like the quantum picture of reality to be true.”
      “And philosophy is not far from the main concerns of such mathematical fields as logic, set theory, category theory, computability, and even analysis and geometry.”
      “They continue to present material in a two-semester format, the first on computability theory and basic metalogic.”
computerdom
  1. (informal) The world of computers and the people associated with them.
computerland
  1. (informal) The world of computers and the people associated with them.
computercide
  1. The destruction of a computer.
computerese
  1. (informal) The jargon associated with computers.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I hooked up with Josh and some folks from the Rhode Island Science Fiction Club and chatted about local stuff and some computerese.”
      “With terminology cribbed from 1960s computerese, DNA was suggested as the source of both data and instructions.”
      “It's become recognized not only as the logo itself but just as a piece of computerese that people are familiar with.”
computant
  1. (obsolete) A person employed to carry out computations.
computerizability
  1. The quality of being computerizable.
computernik
  1. (informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
compute
  1. (computing) computational power
computerologist
  1. (humorous) One who studies or works with computers.
computerist
  1. (dated) A computer user.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The relatively simple scenario-builder permits the computerist to construct a battle from just about any historical period.”
      “To the beginning computerist, the printout of memory errors won't mean much. But it does indicate a problem in one of the memory modules.”
compuper
  1. Informal form of computer.
computerphobic
computerphile
  1. One who loves computers.
computator
  1. (humorous) Synonym of computer
computerette
  1. (rare, chiefly science fiction) A small computer.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes.”
computationalists
  1. plural of computationalist
computerologists
  1. plural of computerologist
computerisations
  1. plural of computerisation
computerizations
computerphobias
computerphobics
  1. plural of computerphobic
computerphiles
  1. plural of computerphile
computerphobes
  1. plural of computerphobe
computabilities
  1. plural of computability
computerettes
  1. plural of computerette
computerists
  1. plural of computerist
computerniks
  1. plural of computernik
computations
  1. plural of computation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sizing computations for bilge keels and anti-roll fins were made for one hull form for various stabilized configurations.”
      “For the UV-exclusion study, similar computations were made with the vinyl and triacetate filters as the end member treatments.”
      “His work allowed computations in groups to be replaced by computations in certain polynomial algebras over the field of p elements.”
computators
  1. plural of computator
computresses
  1. plural of computress
computants
  1. plural of computant
computists
  1. plural of computist
computi
  1. plural of computus
compupers
  1. plural of compuper
computors
computers
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