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computers

  • plural
    of computer.
    computer
    noun
    a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers.

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"You can model a lot on computers and simulators, but the experience of test pilots is when stuff gets real, we only really learn things when we get their feedback," Godbold admits.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

She would have them buy her computers, clothes and expensive jewelry she could sell later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Quantum computers could eventually solve certain complex problems that are beyond the reach of conventional computers, but their quantum states are extremely fragile.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

But it also eliminates what may be the only real argument for keeping the subject in schools—which is that students may start to grasp how computers work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

I’d discover that both her work and the work of the West computers was admiringly regarded all over the Lab.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson