computer
noun
com·put·er
kəm-ˈpyü-tər 
often attributive
: one that computes
specifically
: a programmable usually electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data
using a computer to design 3-D models
Examples of computer in a Sentence
He works all day on a computer.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025
Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time—more impactful than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.
—Geoffrey Hinton, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Baby boomers waited in line to snag the Apple II computer back in 1977; by 2001, millennials were flooding their music collections onto the iPod classic; and all throughout the 2010s, Gen Zers were gifted their first iPhones.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
The report raises questions about TikTok’s ability to enforce its own policies regarding AI content, even when that content appears to show sexualized images of computer-generatedchildren.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
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computer
noun
com·put·er
-ˈpyüt-ər
: one that computes
especially
: a programmable usually electronic machine that can store, get back again, and work with data
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