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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculating, data processing machine |
| Synonyms: | CPU, MAC, PC, abacus, adding machine, analog, artificial intelligence, brain*, calculator, clone, data processor, digital, electronic brain, laptop, mainframe, micro, microcomputer, mini, minicomputer, number cruncher, personal computer, thinking machine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that performs a task |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob, tool, vehicle, widget |
| Main Entry: | number |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | count, calculate |
| Synonyms: | account, add, add up, aggregate, amount, come, computer, count heads, count noses, count off, enumerate, estimate, figure in, figure out, include, keep tabs, numerate, reckon, run, run down, run into, run to, sum, take account of, tale, tally, tell, tick off, total, tote, tote up |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money numerals are symbols; numbers are the things that numerals symbolize |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | personal computer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desktop computer |
| Synonyms: | IBM PC, MAC, Macintosh, PC, clone, computer, desktop computer, home computer, laptop, microcomputer, minicomputer, workstation |
| Main Entry: | adding machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculating machine |
| Synonyms: | abacus, calculator, computer, electronic calculator, pocket calculator, totaliser, totalizer |
| Main Entry: | computer hardware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer's mechanical system |
| Synonyms: | CPU, central processing unit, computer, computer unit, data processor, disk drive, floppy disk, hard drive, hardware, magnetic disk, microcomputer, microelectronics device, modem, output device, personal computer, supercomputer, tape drive |
| Main Entry: | electronics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | electronic devices |
| Synonyms: | CD players, VCRs, camcorders, computer chips, computers, electronic components, integrated circuitry, radios, stereos, televisions, transistors, video cameras |
| Main Entry: | technology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | electronics, science |
| Synonyms: | applied science, automation, computers, electronic components, hi tech, high tech, industrial science, machinery, mechanics, mechanization, robotics, scientific know-how, scientific knowledge, technical knowledge, telecommunications |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | technology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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