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/kəmˈpjuːtə/ · com·pu·ter
noun
- A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. During World War II, many women worked as computers to calculate artillery trajectories.
- A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress. In 19th‑century slang, a male computer was simply called a computer, while a female was 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. She bought a new computer to edit her photography portfolio.
Did you know? The word 'computer' originally described human calculators; the first electronic machines were called 'electronic computers' to differentiate them from these human 'computers'.