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noun
The jargon associated with computers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, informal, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -er English computer Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English computerese From computer + -ese.
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