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computer [kəmˈpjuːtə] n 1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a. a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers. b. (as modifier) computer technology Related prefix cyber- 2. a person who computes or calculates
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computer noun Quotations "The Answer to the Great Question ... Of Life, the Universe and Everything ... Is ... Forty-two" [Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] ComputersComputer parts analogue-digital converter, arithmetic logic unit or ALU, cartridge, case, CD-rewriter, CD-Rom drive, central processing unit or CPU, chip, coaxial cable, console, control key, counter, daisywheel, DDR-RAM, digital audio player, digital camera, digitizer, DIMM, disk, disk drive, disk unit, DRAM, DVD reader, DVD writer, emulator, encoder, flatbed scanner, floppy disk, graphics card, hard drive, integrated circuit, interface, joystick, keyboard, laser printer, LCD panel, line printer, magnetic tape unit or MTU, memory, microprocessor, modem, monitor, motherboard, mouse, MP3 player, multiplexor, optical character reader, optical disk, optical scanner, port, printed circuit board, printer, processor, scanner, screen, SDRAM, SIMM, sound card, speaker, trackball, transistor, USB port, visual display unit or VDU, webcam Computer terms 3D graphics, absolute address, access, access time, address, address bus, ADSL, algorithm, alpha-test, analogue computer, AND gate, applet, application program, architecture, archival storage, area, array, artificial intelligence or AI, ASCII, assemble, assembler, assembly language, audio response, automatic repeat, backbone, backing store, backup, bandwidth, base address, batch processing, beta-test, binary notation, bit or binary digit, black box, Bluetooth, bomb, boot or bootstrap, bottom-up processing, bpi (bits per inch), branch instruction, broadband, buffer, bug, bulletin board, bundle, bus or busbar, bus master, byte, cache memory, capture, CD-Rom, character, chipset, clip art, clock, code, COM, command, command language, communications, compatible, compiler, complex instruction set computer or CISC, computer-aided design or CAD, computer-aided design and manufacture or CADCAM, computer-aided engineering or CAE, computer-aided instruction or CAI, computer-aided (or -assisted) learning or CAL, computer-aided management or CAM, computer-aided manufacture or CAM, computer-aided teaching or CAT, computer aided trading or CAT, computerate, computer-based training or CBT, computer conferencing, computer graphics, computer input on microfilm or CIM, computer integrated manufacture or CIM, computerize, computer science, computer typesetting, concordance, concurrent processing, condition codes, configuration, constant, control commands, cookie, core memory, co-routine, corrupt, crash, cross assembler, cursor, cut and paste, cybercafé, cyberpunk, cyberspace, cycle, DAC, data, data bank, database, database management, databus, data capture, dataflow architecture, data processing, data protection, data structure, Datel (trademark), debugging, decision support system, decision table, default, desktop, desktop publishing or DTP, development system, device, digit, digital computer, digital fount, digital imaging, digital mapping, digital watermark, digitize, direct-access or random-access storage, direct memory access or DMA, directory, disassembler, distributed array processor, distributed logic, dithering, document, document reader, DOS or disk operating system (trademark), dot matrix, download, downsize, down time, dumb terminal, dump, dpi or dots per inch, driver, dump, duplex, EBCDIC or extended binary-coded decimal-interchange code, echo, ecommerce, edit, editor, EEPROM, electronic flight information systems, electronic mail or E-mail, electronic office, electronic publishing, emulator, encryption, error message, escape routine, exclusive OR circuit, exit, expansion slot, expert system, extranet, fail-safe, field, fifth-generation, file, file manager, filename, firewall, FireWire, firmware, flag, flops or floating-point operations per second, flowchart, freeware, front-end processor, FTP or file transfer protocol, function, function key, fuzzy, gate, gateway, gif, giga-, gigabyte, global search, graphical user interface, graphics, hacker, hand-held computer, handshake, hard card, hard copy, hardware, hard-wired, help screens, hexadecimal notation, high-level language, host, hot key, housekeeping, HTML, hybrid computer, hypermedia, hypertext, icon, idle time, image enhancement, incremental plotter, incremental recorder, infect, information technology, initialize, input, input device, input/output or I/O, install, instruction, intelligent knowledge-based system or IKBS, intelligent terminal, interactive, interactive video, Internet, interpreter, interrupt, intranet, ISDN, job, jpeg, key in, keyword, kilo-, kilobyte, LAN, language, lapheld, laptop, legacy, linked list, liveware, load, location, local area network, logic bomb, logic circuit, logic programming, login, log in, log out, loop, low-level language, machine code, machine learning, machine readable, machine translation, macro, magnetic bubble, mail bombing, mainframe, main memory, manager, mega-, megabyte, memory mapping, menu, menu-driven, microcomputer, microprocessor, midi, minicomputer, mobile device, module, morphing, MP3, mpeg, multiaccess, multiprogramming, multi-threaded, multi-user, NAND circuit or gate, network, neurocomputer or neural computer, node, NOR gate, notebook computer, NOT gate, object program, OEM or original equipment manufacturer, offline, online, open, operating system, optimize, OR gate, output, overflow, package, packet, packet-switching, palette, palmtop computer, parallel processing, parameter, parity check, parser, password, patch, patch board, PC or personal computer, PDA, pdf, personal computer or PC, pixel, platform, plug compatible, pointer, polymorphic function, portable, power down, power up, printout, procedure, process, program, program generator, programmable read only memory or PROM, programmer, programming language, program statement, prompt, protocol, query language, queue, queuing theory, random access memory or RAM, Random Instruction Set Computer or RISC, read in, read out, read only memory or ROM, real-time processing, reboot, record, remote access, rerun, reserved word, reset, restricted users group, retrieval, RISC or reduced instruction set computer, robustness, routine, run, run time, screensaver, scroll, SCSI or Small Computer Systems Interface, search engine, sense, sequential access, serial access memory or SAM, serial processing, server, SGML, shareware, shell program, skinning, smart card, software, software engineering, sort, source document, source program, speech recognition, spreadsheet, sprite, stack, statement, storage capacity, storage device, store, store and forward, string, subroutine, supercomputer, SWITCH, syntax, system, systems analysis, systems disk, teleprocessing, telesoftware, terabyte, terminal, tetrabyte, text processing, throughput, time out, time sharing, toggle, top-down processing, topology, transcribe, translator, transputer, tristate, turnkey system, underflow, UNIX (trademark), uptime, USB, user-defined key, user group, utility, vaccine, variable, virtual address, virtual memory, virtual reality, virtual storage, virus, visual programming, voice input, voice recognition, voice response, volatile memory, WAN, WAP, warez, webcasting, web development, wild card, window, windows icons menus pointers or WIMP, wizard, word, word processor, work station, World Wide Web, worm, WYSIWIG, XML Computer scientists Ada, Countess of Lovelace (British), Howard Aiken (U.S.), Charles Babbage (British), Tim Berners-Lee (English), Seymour Cray (U.S.), John Presper Eckert (U.S.), Bill Gates (U.S.), Herman Hollerith (U.S.), John W. Mauchly (U.S.), Clive Sinclair (British), Alan Mathison Turing (British), John von Neumann (U.S.) Translations computer [kəmˈpjuːtəʳ] A. N → ordenador m (Sp), computador m (LAm), computadora f (LAm) we do it by computer now → ahora lo hacemos con el ordenador the records have all been put on computer → todos los registros han entrado en(el)ordenador she's in computers → se dedica a la informática, trabaja en algo de informática B. CPD computer animation N → animación f por ordenador computer crime N → delitos mpl informáticos computer dating service N → agencia f matrimonial por ordenador computer expert N → experto/a m/f en ordenadores computer game N → vídeojuego m computer graphics NPL → gráficas fpl por ordenador computer language N → lenguaje m de ordenador computer literacy N → competencia f en la informática computer model N → modelo m informático computer operator N → operador(a) m/f de ordenador computer peripheral N → periférico m computer printout N → impresión f (de ordenador) computer program N → programa m de ordenador computer programmer N → programador(a) m/f de ordenadores computer programming N → programación f de ordenadores computer science N → informática f computer scientist N → informático/a m/f computer simulation N → simulación f por ordenador computer skills NPL → conocimientos mpl de informática computer studies NPL = computer science computer typesetting N → composición f por ordenador computer user N → usuario/a m/f de ordenador computer [kəmˈpjuːtər] n → ordinateur m by computer → par ordinateur The process is done by computer → Le processus se fait par ordinateur. computer-aided [kəmˌpjuːtərˈeɪdɪd] adj → assisté(e) par ordinateur computer animation n (in films, computer games) → animation f (assistée) par ordinateur computer buff n → as mf de l'informatique computer chip n → puce f informatique computer crime n (illegal activities) → criminalité f informatique (illegal act) → délit m informatique computer dating service n → club m de rencontres sélectionnées par ordinateur computer disk n → disque m dur computer error n → erreur f informatique computer game n → jeu m vidéo computer-generated [kəmˌpjuːtərˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd] adj [graphics] → généré(e) par ordinateur; [image, animation, film] → de synthèse computer graphics n computer n → Computer m, → Rechner m; (for data processing also) → Datenverarbeitungsanlage f; to put/have something on computer → etw im Computer speichern/(gespeichert) haben; it’s all done by computer → das geht alles per Computer; computer skills → Computerkenntnisse pl computer in cpds → Computer-; computer age n → Computerzeitalter nt computer-aided adj → computer- or rechnergestützt computer-aided design n → CAD nt, → computergestütztes Design computer animation n → Computeranimation f computer-assisted n → computergestützt computer: computer-based adj → computergestützt computer code n → Maschinenkode m computer-controlled adj → computergestützt, rechnergesteuert computer crash n → Computerabsturz m computer crime n → Computerkriminalität f computer dating n → Partnervermittlung f → per Computer; computer agency or bureau → Partnervermittlungsbüro nt → auf Computerbasis computer error n → Computerfehler m computer: computer expert n → Computerexperte m → /-expertin f computer freak n (inf) → Computerfreak m (inf) computer game n → Computerspiel nt computer games software n → Software f → für Computerspiele computer-generated adj image, graphics → computergeneriert computer graphics n sing → Computergrafik f, → grafische Datenverarbeitung computer: computer language n → Computersprache f computer literacy n → Computerkenntnisse pl computer model n → Computermodell nt computer nerd n (pej inf) → Computerfreak m (sl) computer network n → Computernetzwerk nt; (larger also) → Rechnerverbund m computer-operated adj → computergesteuert computer operator n → Operator(in) m(f) computer peripheral n → Peripheriegerät nt computer printout n → (Computer)ausdruck m computer program n → (Computer)programm nt computer programmer n → Programmierer(in) m(f) computer projection n → Hochrechnung f computer science n → Informatik f computer scientist n → Informatiker(in) m(f) computer search computer sex n → Computersex m computer skills pl → PC-Kenntnisse pl computer studies pl → Computerwissenschaft f computer tomography n (Med) → Computertomografie f computer-typeset vt → in Computersatz herstellen computer typesetting n → Computersatz m computer virus n → Computervirus m n computer [kəmˈpjuːtə] a usually large electronic machine capable of storing and processing large amounts of information and of performing calculations The whole process is done by computer; PC means `personal computer'; a computer game; a computer program. rekenaar, rekenoutomaat, dataverwerker حاسوب، عقل الكتروني(كومبيوتر) компютър počítač computer der Computer ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής ordenador arvuti کامپیوتر؛ رایانه tietokone ordinateur מַחשֵׁב कम्प्यूटर računalo számítógép komputer tölva computer コンピューター 컴퓨터 kompiuteris dators komputer computer datamaskin; regnemaskin komputer computador computer компьютер počítač računalnik računar dator คอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayar 計算機,電腦 комп'ютер کمیوٹر máy tính 计算机 v comˈputerize, comˈputerise to put (information etc) into a form suitable for use by a computer Are you intending to computerize your book-ordering system? rekenariseer يُحَوْسِب компютъризирам zpracovávat na počítači lægge ind på computer auf Computer umstellen μηχανογραφώ computarizar, computerizar, informatizar arvutisse sisestama, arvutiga töötlema کامپیوتری کردن syöttää tietokoneeseen, käsitellä tietokoneella informatiser לְמַחשֵב कम्प्यूटर के उपयोग के अनुरूप बनाना kompjuterski izračunati, uvesti kompjutersku obradu komputerizál mengerjakan dengan komputer tölvuvæða computerizzare, informatizzare コンピューター化する 전산화하다 kompiuterizuoti datorizēt; ievadīt datorā mengkomputerkan computerizeren databehandle, overføre til data komputeryzować computorizar computeriza компьютеризировать spracovať na počítači računalniško obdelati kompjuterizovati datorisera ทำด้วยคอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayara yüklemek 計算機化,電腦化 комп'ютеризувати کمپیوٹر میں ڈالنا lưu trong máy tính 计算化 computer → كمبيوتر počítač computer Computer υπολογιστής computadora, ordenador tietokone ordinateur računalo computer コンピューター 컴퓨터 computer datamaskin komputer computador компьютер dator เครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayar máy tính 计算机 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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