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computer | uncomputerlike |

As a noun computer

is a person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

As an adjective uncomputerlike is

not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.

computer

English

(commons) (wikipedia computer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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
    • 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.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, page 116:
    • 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.
  • 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.

    • 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 also

    Hyponyms

    * (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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    Related terms

    * compute * computation * computing

    See also

    * chip * data processing * desktop * hardware * laptop * mainframe * microprocessor 1000 English basic words ----

    uncomputerlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.
  • * 1974 , Association for Computers and the Humanities, Computers and the Humanities
    • Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible.
  • * 1994 , Michael Bérubé, Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics
    • ...or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...
  • * 1999 , Ian Douglas, Luna Marine
    • And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!
  • * 2002 , Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion
    • Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves.
  • * 2004 , William Hirstein, Brain Fiction
    • Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system...