Computer vs Cyberelite - What's the difference?
computer | cyberelite |
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
* 1927 , J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays , page 173
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, page 116:
by restriction, a male computer, where the female computer is called 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.
An elite in the world of computers or in cyberspace.
* 2001 , Gregory J. Rattray, Strategic warfare in cyberspace (page 352)
* 2001 , Bosah Louis Ebo, Cyberimperialism?: global relations in the new electronic frontier (page 31)
As nouns the difference between computer and cyberelite
is that computer is calculator, computer while cyberelite is an elite in the world of computers or in cyberspace.computer
Noun
(en noun)- Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer , disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- One Harvard computer , Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "computer")Synonyms
* (programmable device that performs logical operations) automatic data processing machine, processor, 'puter (informal), box (slang), machine, calculator, portable computer, laptop * See alsoHyponyms
* (programmable device that performs logical operations) desktop, laptop * (a person employed to perform computations) computress (f)Antonyms
* (a person employed to perform computations) computress (f) (when "computer" is used to represent the masculine form)Derived terms
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* chip * data processing * desktop * hardware * laptop * mainframe * microprocessor 1000 English basic words ----cyberelite
English
Noun
(en noun)- The cyberelite made up of individuals such as Bill Gates, Mitch Kapor, and Esther Dyson emerged from a computer culture in the 1970s and 1980s that denigrated the government's role in the information age as that of an Orwellian big brother.
- We are often reminded that while members of a largely Western, male, and affluent cyberelite "amuse themselves in cyberspace, half the human race has never made a telephone call" (Tele-Haves and Have-Nots 1996).
