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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPUTER, n. One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system]
2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1646 one that computes; specifically a programmable usually electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data • computerdom noun • computerless adjective • computerlike adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a usu. electronic device for storing and processing data (usu. in binary form), according to instructions given to it in a variable program. 2 a person who computes or makes calculations. Phrases and idioms: computer-literate able to use computers; familiar with the operation of computers. computer science the study of the principles and use of computers. computer virus a hidden code within a computer program intended to corrupt a system or destroy data stored in it.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Computer Com*put"er, n. One who computes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(computers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A computer is an electronic machine that can store and deal with large amounts of information. The data are then fed into a computer... The car was designed by computer. N-COUNT: also by/on N see also personal computer

Moby Thesaurus

IBM machine, IDA, Teleplotter, Telereader, abacist, accountant, actuary, adder, analog computer, analytical control unit, analyzer, bookkeeper, calculator, coder, collator, compiler, computer hardware, computer unit, data processor, decoder, detector, differential, differential analyzer, digital computer, digital graph plotter, divider, electronic brain, electronic computer, estimator, figurer, hardware, information machine, integrator, memory tubes, multiplier, phase discriminator, position coder, printer, printing calculator, receptor, reckoner, relay, selective calculator, selector, statistician, storage unit, telecomputer, thinking machine, transmitter, tristimulus computer