Meanings
plural computors
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of computer.
WITH SERIAL COMPUTOR INTERFACE
1985 December 28, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 582 more examples
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 28, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746EPS will retrieve the information from Western Union, via its computor and forward to you.
1984 April 25, “Electronic Mail is in McAllen!”, in The Monitor, 74th year, number 255, McAllen, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18A, column 9
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Latincomputāre
- Frenchcomputer
- Englishcompute
- Englishcomputor
Cite this entry
computor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computor
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