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
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He works all day on a computer.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
The team then used several computer modeling techniques to evaluate the effects of the coyotes’ habitat type, competition with larger carnivores, hunting practices, and suburban expansion on coyote populations.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Last year, her team used a computer simulation of their supersolid to model what would happen if a similar material existed inside a spinning neutron star.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
With new capabilities being added to AI systems at a steady rate—in October, frontier AI lab Anthropic introduced the ability for its model to directly control a computer, still in beta—the complexity of governing this technology will only increase.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computer. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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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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