English > digital computer: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits. |
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| Narrower | bulletin board system, bulletin board, electronic bulletin board, bbs | A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
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| file server | (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources |
| mainframe, mainframe computer | A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room |
| minicomputer | A digital computer of medium size |
| multiprocessor | A computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control |
| personal computer, PC, microcomputer | A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time |
| von Neumann machine | Any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues |
| workstation | A desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer |
| Broader | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
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| Spanish | ordenador digital |
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| Catalan | ordinador digital |
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