'Computer' definitions:
Definition of 'computer'
From: WordNet
noun
A machine for performing calculations automatically [syn: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system]
noun
An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer]
Definition of 'Computer'
From: GCIDE
- Computer \Com*put"er\ (k[o^]m*p[=u]t"[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who computes.
- 2. (Computers) an electronic device for performing calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within the computer, a central processing unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are performed on data, a random-access memory, where the programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to input data and output results, and various other peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as circuitry to support the main operations.
- Note: This modern sense of computer comprises the stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a calculation may be stored within the computer itself as instructions in a program, and are then executed by the computer without further intervention of the operator. Different types of computer are variously called analog computer, {number cruncher, number-cruncher}, digital computer, and {pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator}.
- Syn: data processor, electronic computer, information processing system. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 3. (Computers) same as digital computer. [PJC]
Definition of 'computer'
From: GCIDE
- electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [PJC]
- Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the television, radio, computer, robot, transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'computer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abacist,
- accountant,
- actuary,
- adder,
- analog computer,
- analytical control unit,
- analyzer,
- bookkeeper,
- calculator,
- coder,
- collator,
- compiler,
- computer hardware,
- computer unit,
- data processor,
- decoder,
- detector,
- differential,
- differential analyzer,
- digital computer,
- digital graph plotter,
- divider,
- electronic brain,
- electronic computer,
- estimator,
- figurer,
- hardware,
- IBM machine,
- IDA,
- information machine,
- integrator,
- memory tubes,
- multiplier,
- phase discriminator,
- position coder,
- printer,
- printing calculator,
- receptor,
- reckoner,
- relay,
- selective calculator,
- selector,
- statistician,
- storage unit,
- telecomputer,
- Teleplotter,
- Telereader,
- thinking machine,
- transmitter,
- tristimulus computer
Words containing 'Computer'
- Computable,
- Computation,
- Compute,
- Computed,
- Computing,
- computational,
- computationally,
- analog computer,
- analogue computer,
- briefcase computer,
- computational linguist,
- computational linguistics,
- computed tomography,
- computer accessory,
- computer address,
- computer architecture,
- computer backup,
- computer business,
- computer circuit,
- computer code,
- computer database,
- computer dealer,
- computer display,
- computer error,
- computer expert,
- computer file,
- computer filename,
- computer game,
- computer graphic,
- computer graphics,
- computer guru,
- computer hardware,
- computer industry,
- computer keyboard,
- computer language,
- computer lanugage,
- computer memory,
- computer menu,
- computer monitor,
- computer mouse,
- computer network,
- computer operation,
- computer paper,
- computer peripheral,
- computer program,
- computer programing,
- computer programme,
- computer programmer,
- computer programming,
- computer readable,
- computer science,
- computer scientist,
- computer screen,
- computer simulation,
- computer software,
- computer storage,
- computer store,
- computer system,
- computer technology,
- computer user,
- computer virus,
- computing device,
- computing machine,
- computing system,
- desktop computer,
- digital computer,
- electronic computer,
- home computer,
- laptop computer,
- mainframe computer,
- notebook computer,
- personal computer,
- portable computer,
- computed axial tomography,
- computer file name,
- computer memory unit,
- department of computer science,
- complex instruction set computer,
- complex instruction set computing,
- computer-aided design,
- computer-oriented language,
- hand-held computer,
- reduced instruction set computer,
- reduced instruction set computing,
- small computer system interface,
- army high performance computing research center