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

Example Sentences

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At the most basic level, computer memory stores information as 0s and 1s by controlling how easily electricity can pass through a material.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Bin Tang, a professor in the university’s computer science department, described Allen as a “very good student. ... Soft-spoken, very polite, a good fellow.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

The work would go a lot faster with Havens outside of prison, with access to, for example, a computer.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

Mac Minis have been flying off Apple’s shelves in recent months thanks in part to demand from AI power users for whom it is the must-have computer for private, “always-on” artificial-intelligence agents, such as OpenClaw.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I angle my body so I can see the computer a little better.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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