Computer vs Radio - What's the difference?
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(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.
(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
(Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound recordings via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
(intransitive, transitive, ambitransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
* 2002 , Jack Dave, Death Bridge , iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-21407-5,
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As a noun computer
is calculator, computer.As a verb radio is
.computer
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(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.
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* (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 ----radio
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(wikipedia radio)Noun
Synonyms
* (device to capture radio signal) tuner, wireless, receiverVerb
(en verb)- I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio''' for help.'' / ''I '''radioed''' him already.'' / '''''Radio''' the coordinates this time.'' / ''OK. I '''radioed them the coordinates.
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- “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”