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A computer is a person or electronic device that makes and stores quick calculations or processes information. (noun)

An example of a famous human computer is Ada Lovelace.
An example of a computer is the MacBook.

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See computer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who computes
a device used for computing; specif., an electronic machine which, by means of stored instructions and information, performs rapid, often complex calculations or compiles, correlates, and selects data; now, esp., digital computer

See computer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kəm-pyo͞oˈtər)

noun

A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.
One who computes.

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