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compunications

compunications noun: the combination of computer and telecommunications technologies.

Noun

compunications (uncountable)

  1. The combination of computer and telecommunications technologies.

Origin of compunications

Blend of computer + communications, coined by Anthony G. Oettinger in the 1970s.

Questions about compunications

What does compunications mean?
Compunications means the combination of computer and telecommunications technologies.
What part of speech is compunications?
Compunications is a noun.

Words near compunications in the dictionary

  1. compunctiousness
  2. compunctis
  3. compunctive
  4. compunctuous
  5. compunication
  6. compunications
  7. compunovel
  8. compunovels
  9. compuper
  10. compupers
  11. compurgate

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