Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 16 compound words that contain computers. The most common are listed below. Open computers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- personal computersplural of personal computer: A computer for use by one person at a time (using a microprocessor).
- laptop computersplural of laptop computer: A portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.
- notebook computersplural of notebook computer: A class of laptop computer that is around the size of a paper notebook with A4 or letter-sized pages.
- desktop computersplural of desktop computer: A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.
- digital computersplural of digital computer: A computing device that processes signals that change in discrete, quantized, steps; as opposed to an analog computer.
- portable computersplural of portable computer: A microcomputer powered by batteries with an integral display screen and integral input device (such as a keyboard) that can be used on the move.
- server computersplural of server computer: A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- quantum computersplural of quantum computer: A computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations.
- hybrid computersplural of hybrid computer: A computer that features the best characteristics of the analog computer and digital computer.
- analog computersplural of analog computer: A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values.
- tablet computersplural of tablet computer: A hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface.
- trip computersplural of trip computer: A device fitted in some vehicles that records, calculates, and displays various trip-related information to the driver.
- dive computersplural of dive computer: A device, similar in appearance to a wristwatch, used by underwater divers to measure the time and depth of a dive, calculate a safe ascent profile, and avoid decompression sickness.
- pocket computersplural of pocket computer: A small portable computer with a screen capable of displaying only a few lines of text.
- zombie computersplural of zombie computer: A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker by means of a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote …
- classical computersplural of classical computer: A computer which is not a quantum computer, nor enjoys any other sort of (yet unknown) mechanism for transcending known computer science; a computer which can be modelled by a deterministic Turing machine
- analogue computersplural of analogue computer: A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values.
- wearable computersplural of wearable computer: a computing device worn on the body, such as a smart watch
- ternary computersplural of ternary computer: Any computer that uses ternary logic instead of binary
- spatial computersplural of spatial computer: Any of various devices that enable or are planned to enable spatial computing, including wearables (e.g., headsets, glasses, wristwatches), implants within the human body, and embeds within infrastructure.
- reservoir computersplural of reservoir computer: A reservoir computing system.
- home computersplural of home computer: A computer intended for use in the home.
- domino computersplural of domino computer: A mechanical computer built using domino tiles to represent logical operators, so that toppling certain dominos causes a "signal" to propagate.
- pedestal computersplural of pedestal computer: A computer smaller than a mainframe, but larger than a microcomputer.
- electro-mechanical computersplural of electro-mechanical computer: An early type of computer that used electromagnetic relays.
Compound words 16
- precomputersBefore the availability of computers.
- mecomtronicsThe combined disciplines of mechanics, computers, telecommunications and electronics; robotics.
- supercomputersplural of supercomputer: Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
- microcomputersplural of microcomputer: A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
- minicomputersplural of minicomputer: A computer smaller than a mainframe, but larger than a microcomputer.
- biocomputersplural of biocomputer: Any of several proposed systems using DNA, proteins, or other biological materials to perform data processing (in synthetic biology).
- cyclocomputersplural of cyclocomputer: A device, designed to be mounted on the handlebar of a bicycle, that displays trip information.
- hypercomputersplural of hypercomputer: Any theoretical device capable of carrying out hypercomputation.
- macrocomputersplural of macrocomputer: A mainframe, as opposed to a microcomputer.
- maxicomputersplural of maxicomputer: A mainframe.