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computer illiterate

computer illiterate adjective: unable to operate a personal computer.

Adjective

computer illiterate (comparative more computer illiterate, superlative most computer illiterate)

  1. Unable to operate a personal computer.

Forms of computer illiterate

comparativemore computer illiterate
superlativemost computer illiterate

Origin of computer illiterate

By analogy with computer literate.

Questions about computer illiterate

What does computer illiterate mean?
Computer illiterate means unable to operate a personal computer.
What part of speech is computer illiterate?
Computer illiterate is an adjective.

Words near computer illiterate in the dictionary

  1. computer engineering
  2. computer game
  3. computer games
  4. computer graphics
  5. computer illiteracy
  6. computer illiterate
  7. computer lab
  8. computer labs
  9. computer language
  10. computer languages
  11. computer literacies

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