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computor en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -or English computor From compute + -or.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of computer.
   alt of computer
   • 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. 1957 November 14, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:
   • WITH SERIAL COMPUTOR INTERFACE 1985 December 14, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 58:

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