Computerette

//kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small computer. rare

    "One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car."

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"One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car."

Etymology

From computer + -ette.

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