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computer

n. countable
A1 Beginner Oxford US //kəmˈpjutɝ// UK //kəmpjˈuːtɐ// com·put·er Archaic Dialect General-service

n. an electronic machine that can store and work with large amounts of information. You use it for things like writing, searching the internet, and playing games.

n. an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.


SIMPLE

I use my computer to send emails every day.

CONTEXTUAL

The office upgraded every computer to ensure the staff could run the latest design software without any lag.

COMPLEX

While early models occupied entire rooms, the modern computer has become an ubiquitous tool integrated into almost every aspect of professional and personal life.

Synonyms
Origin

From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. First sense first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. Second sense first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering.

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