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Noun: computer  kum'pyootu(r)
  1. A machine for performing calculations automatically
    - computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
     
  2. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
    - calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator

Derived forms: computers

See also: computational, compute, computerize

Type of: expert, machine

Part of: platform

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