How to spell computer

Computer is spelled C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R.

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What it means: A machine for automatic calculations.

In a sentence: The cat sat by the computer and watched the screen.

Same family: computing, computation, computational, computerize. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Computer comes from the Latin verb "computare," meaning "to calculate" or "to count up." Before electronic machines existed, a "computer" was actually a person whose job was to do complex calculations by hand.

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