computer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an electronic machine that stores and processes information and runs programs

   I use my computer to write emails and play games.

Common collocations

• turn on a computer Verb + noun
• use a computer Verb + noun
• desktop computer Adjective + noun
• laptop computer Adjective + noun
• personal computer Adjective + noun
• shut down a computer Verb + noun

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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