computer
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.
Noun 1 meaning
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.
“Meronyms: processor, microprocessor, CPU”
Etymology
From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. The sense referring to people first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. The sense referring to a machine first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering.
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COMPUTER at a glance
COMPUTER has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + U 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,097 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with computer
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
- MASTER8
One letter away
- COMMUTER14
- COMPUTED15
- COMPUTES14
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