[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

computer \comput"er\ ko^mp=ut"~er, n.
   1. one who computes.

   2. computers an electronic device for performing
      calculations automatically. it consists of a clock to
      provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of
      the devices within the computer, a central processing
      unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are
      performed on data, a random-access memory, where the
      programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to
      input data and output results, and various other
      peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as
      circuitry to support the main operations.

   note: this modern sense of computer comprises the
         stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a
         calculation may be stored within the computer itself as
         instructions in a program, and are then executed by
         the computer without further intervention of the
         operator. different types of computer are variously
         called analog computer, number cruncher,
         number-cruncher, digital computer, and pari-mutuel
         machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator,
         totalisator.

   syn: data processor, electronic computer, information
        processing system.
        wordnet 1.5 +pjc

   3. computers same as digital computer.
      pjc
see also:
instructions program analog computer number cruncher, number-cruncher digital computer pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

electronic device \electronic device\ n.
   a device depending on the principles of electronics and using
   the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.
   pjc

   note: numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among
         them the television, radio, computer, robot,
         transmitter, receiver, vcr, cd player, etc.
         pjc
see also:
television radio computer robot transmitter receiver 
vcr cd player 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

computer
     n 1: a machine for performing calculations automatically syn: computing
          machine, computing device, data processor, electronic
          computer, information processing system
     2: an expert at calculation or at operating calculating
        machines syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator
see also:
computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system calculator 
reckoner figurer estimator 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "computer":
   ibm machine, ida, teleplotter, telereader, abacist, accountant,
   actuary, adder, analog computer, analytical control unit, analyzer,
   bookkeeper, calculator, coder, collator, compiler,
   computer hardware, computer unit, data processor, decoder,
   detector, differential, differential analyzer, digital computer,
   digital graph plotter, divider, electronic brain,
   electronic computer, estimator, figurer, hardware,
   information machine, integrator, memory tubes, multiplier,
   phase discriminator, position coder, printer, printing calculator,
   receptor, reckoner, relay, selective calculator, selector,
   statistician, storage unit, telecomputer, thinking machine,
   transmitter, tristimulus computer

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

computer
     
         a journal of the ieee computer society.
     
        1995-03-10
     
     
see also:
ieee computer society 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

computer
     
         a machine that can be programmed to manipulate
        symbols.  computers can perform complex and repetitive
        procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can quickly
        store and retrieve large amounts of data.
     
        the physical components from which a computer is constructed
        electronic circuits and input/output devices are known as
        "hardware".  most computers have four types of hardware
        component: cpu, input, output and memory.  the cpu central
        processing unit executes programs "software" which tell
        the computer what to do.  input and output i/o devices allow
        the computer to communicate with the user and the outside
        world.  there are several kinds of memory - fast, expensive,
        short term memory e.g. ram to hold intermediate results,
        and slower, cheaper, long-term memory e.g. magnetic disk and
        magnetic tape to hold programs and data between jobs.
     
        see also analogue computer.
     
        1995-03-10
     
     
see also:
hardware central processing unit software ram magnetic disk magnetic tape 
analogue computer 

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