computer

[kuhm-pyoo-ter] / kəmˈpyu tər /

NOUN

data processing machine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

PC data processor desktop computer personal computer

STRONG

CPU central processing unit device handheld computer laptop machine mainframe micro microcomputer mini minicomputer notebook notebook computer processor tablet

WEAK

abacus artificial intelligence brain electronic brain number cruncher thinking machine

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Ji, born in 1992, grew up in Colorado and Beijing and went to a university in Beijing to study computer science.

From The Wall Street Journal

The subsidies designed to encourage spending will apply to certain big-ticket items including refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, automobiles and computers.

From Barron's

Together, they designed a groundbreaking study using advanced computer simulations that followed thousands of generations of digital organisms.

From Science Daily

I also took a computer science job to keep my parents happy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former was the first census in which a computer was used to tabulate the data.

From BBC

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