computer
/kəmˈpjutər/
noun
- An electronic device that can store, process, and retrieve data, and perform tasks according to instructions.
- The new computer boots up in just a few seconds.
- Many students now bring a laptop computer to class.
- She uses her computer to write emails and browse the internet.
- A person who performs calculations, especially in a professional or scientific context (historical).
- Before electronic computers, a human computer would calculate tables for navigation.
- During the space program, women worked as computers to check rocket trajectories.
- The term 'computer' originally referred to a person who computed.