Definitions for computer

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computer com·put·er

Spelling: [kuh m-pyoo-ter]

IPA: /kəmˈpyu tər/

Computer is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in computer (cemoprtu).

Definitions for computer

noun

1. a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
2. a person who computes; computist.

Origin of computer

1640-50; compute + -er¹; compare Middle French computeur

Examples for computer

In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.

Start — When this switch is operated, the computer will start.

The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.

Banasel was whistling tunelessly as he set up readings on a computer.

Just a few short years ago, I sat down at my computer, and I typed out a similar goodbye letter.

The or is simply one stroke, or one stick laid down by the computer.

Of course Ned was a perfect shot—so would I be with a computer for a brain.

It would be something like a computer; that was as far as he was able to go.

Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.