Word Finder - computers

definition

A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

definition

(by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.

definition

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.

synonyms

• 'puter
• box
• calculator
• machine
• processor

He does something weird with computers, electricity and maybe death rays.

He didn't have computers or even a calculator.

Rows of computers and monitors lined the room.

We don't need our computers to be infinitely fast, just a whole lot faster than they are today.

Not long from now, computers will systematically look through trillions upon trillions of pieces of data for these associations.

The Babylonian computers were not only aware that Venus returns in almost exactly eight years to a given starting-point in the sky, but they had established similar periodic relations in 4 6, 59, 79 and 83 years severally for Mercury, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter.

But I do think we will see an end to any effective constraints relating to computers' ability to process data and transfer information.

The most straightforward is to physically destroy an adversary's computers or critical network nodes.

Our computers were now telling us to begin ascent.

Can I assign fixed IP addresses to some computers on my network?

Because of Moore's Law, computers will get faster and storage will be cheaper.

I've repaired the computers in your office, too.

Subtle problems can arise when computers interpret such denotations as numbers, and not as strings.

Computers are becoming increasingly ubiquitous.

The thoughts mostly stem from his life experiences which mostly include astrophysics, astronomy, beer, football, music and computers.

Television, video and computers do not make good baby sitters.

For a few years, an interest in computers and technology became inextricably linked with wealth and power geek became chic.

Don't tempt fate by using computers during a local electrical storm.

These robots can be powered by computers capable of performing a billion calculations a second.

Computers, especially computers of the future, will have no trouble handling all the variables that influence nutrition, though there will be millions of them.

Algorithms get smarter, computers faster.

Well, these emails are often sent the same way spam is sent, by sending them via innocent computers.

The main floor exhibited three offices which we stocked with multiple secure computers.

Two obeyed and left the room filled with lights and computers.

All the spaceships, computers, and weapons within the Five Galaxies were made from ore from Anshan mines-- even the swords, the only weapons sanctioned by the Planetary Council as fair and appropriate for man-to-man combat.

Gerry alone spoke to him, while two others hung back as the Guardian led him into the hidden room at the back of the house, filled with a small conference table and humming computers.

Today the Internet is a lawless society; hackers can break into computers with relative impunity.

For many years there was almost tacit agreement that what people needed where computers were involved was just more training.

Not only is this perfect for computers - but it is also ideal for young minds with limited attention spans!

Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes.

Beowulf cluster, that is, a cluster of computers connected together.

Technically capable - from computers and ISDN lines to PA Systems and radio mics!

It has a 1/3 " format CCD and is controlled via the main camera, thus avoiding extra cables and computers.

Mobile phones provide the voice and data communication and modem functionality for portable computers as required.

Contact us - We have a range of safes for the security of your laptop computers.

What you can do portable computers don't have to be painful.

Either way, there's an ergonomic price to pay with notebook computers.

A number of programmers working on big mainframe computers developed different computer games during the following years.

With the router properly configured, you have to make sure that both computers are set to Obtain an IP address automatically.

Players have cheated by using earpieces to receive advice from strong players or friends with computers.

At the moment fop ' s memory consumption forbids compiling cookbooks with more than a couple of hundred recipes even on recent computers.

Computers will be able to reproduce them at will and hobbyists will still study them.

A set of programs was required which the user could operate without much knowledge of computers.

Modern computers are too often far from silent, with fan and disk noise reverberating around your desk.

There are eighteen computers in the Computing and Teaching lab, two of which also have a flatbed scanner directly connected.

So he'll go scouring around the net looking for computers running vulnerable services.

The entire product was seized along with 2 computers and a burning tower.

He understands computers self-righteous liberal members less is the to protect consumers.

Nearly all college accommodation has Ethernet sockets where you can connect your own computers.

It then allows 4 computers to share the broadband connection via the built in 4 port Ethernet switch, and if the...