Computor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of computer. alt-of, obsolete

    "British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees."

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computer

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"British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees."

Etymology

From compute + -or.

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