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electronic brain

American  

noun

  1. an electronic computer.


Etymology

Origin of electronic brain

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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Still, AI can’t have novel insights, nor can it generate new information that isn’t already fed into its electronic brain.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

The math, even when aided by an electronic brain, could only just keep pace with the weather.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

Happily a simple, almost dumb kind of AWD was chosen, a system used in the 993 era car, utilizing a viscous coupling unit rather than a sophisticated electronic brain.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2016

The one constant is the Internet, which allows for the electronic brain of these sports books to evolve, beyond the reach of American prosecutors.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2015

His name was Norman Venner, and besides being a mathematical whiz generally, he had designed and built an electronic brain, or calculator, which was in some ways smarter than himself—and a lot less diffident.

From The Romantic Analogue by Skupeldyckle, W.W.