precomputers en · ADV · etymology 1
Etymology
From pre- + computers.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Before the availability of computers.
There should be some kind of law that no one is allowed to have visions past the age of fifty, especially if said person used to be a car mechanic, precomputers.
2013, George Singleton, “Man Oh Man—It’s Manna Man”, in Claude Lalumière, editor, Super Stories of Heroes & Villains, →ISBN, page 247:The only caveat is if you bought something pre-computers, or inherited stocks pre-computers, then if you actually have that purchase date, you can keep it.
2017, Amanda Sullivan, Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist’s Guide to Getting—and Staying—Organized, →ISBN:We worked with encrypted communications, in an atmosphere of secrecy with wheels and codes and what was then considered advanced data processing equipment (precomputers, of course).
2012, Richard S. Monkman, Just Before Dark, →ISBN, page 41: