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electronic computers

electronic computers is the plural of electronic computer.

Meaning of electronic computer

Noun

electronic computer (plural electronic computers)

  1. (dated, retronym) A programmable computer.
    • Although glamour equipment such as the electronic computers have had most of the headlines in recent years, the mimeograph machine is still grinding out billions of copies of material a year.1956 November 8, Alexander R. Hammer, “Duplicator Still The ‘Work Horse’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about electronic computers

What is electronic computers the plural of?
Electronic computers is the plural of electronic computer.

Words near electronic computers in the dictionary

  1. electronic collar
  2. electronic collars
  3. electronic commerce
  4. electronic communication
  5. electronic computer
  6. electronic computers
  7. electronic cottage
  8. electronic cottages
  9. electronic dance music
  10. electronic data interchange
  11. electronic data interchanges

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