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Hybrid vs Computer - What's the difference?

hybrid | computer |

As nouns the difference between hybrid and computer

is that hybrid is (biology) offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, eg two different species or two purebred parent strains while computer is calculator, computer.

As an adjective hybrid

is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

hybrid

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia hybrid)
  • (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
  • Something of mixed origin or composition.
  • A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
  • Short for hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
  • (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

    • Related terms

    * hybrida * hybridise / hybridize * hybridism * hybridist * hybridity * hybrid car * hybrid computer * hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose

    See also

    * transgenic * cultivar

    References

    * hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in Americal History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tggfcZQyofAC&pg=PA216&dq=minton+warren+hybrida&client=firefox-a
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    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

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    Related terms

    * compute * computation * computing

    See also

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