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Meanings of general-purpose computer in English

Russian
компьютер
Portuguese
computador
Catalan
ordinador
Spanish
computador
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General-purpose device for performing arithmetic or logical operations.

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Examples for "computer"
Examples for "computer"
1
Augmented reality is a technology that couples physical reality with computer-generated imagery.
Reuters
2
Lobao, the energy minister, denied the problem was caused by computer hackers.
Reuters
3
Unemployed computer programmer Colin Morris recently confirmed that the answer is yes.
Radio NZ
4
However, a strong office computer can still do some decent design work.
The South African
5
The Communist Party's computer system will simply say yes -or no.
News.com.au
Usage of general-purpose computer in English
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The point, however, is to find the first such formulation, just as Turing found the first formulation of the general-purpose computer.
The Master Algorithm
2
Newman went on to found the computing laboratory at Manchester University which produced a prototype of the first programmable general-purpose computer.
The Guardian
3
This was accomplished with two general-purpose computer channels with plated-wire memories (.pdf), each with an 18,000-word storage capacity.
Wired
4
That creates the possibility of using slime molds to build new types of general-purpose computers.
Wired
5
Now, a group of researchers has shown these amoeba-like single-cell organisms could be used to build general-purpose computers.
Wired
Translations for general-purpose computer
Portuguese
computador