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- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Latincomputō
- Latincomputāre
- Frenchcomputer
- Englishcompute
- Englishcomputer
- English todaybiocomputer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
biocomputer
Today it means: Any of several proposed systems using DNA, proteins, or other biological materials to perform data processing (in synthetic biology). Full definition →
English computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre