コンピュータkonpyuuta

1. nouncomputer
   あ、またコンピューターが固かたまっちゃったよ。↗

   Argh! My computer froze up again.

• Synonym計算機けいさんきNeutralCovers any calculating machine, from abacuses to calculators, and can also mean a computer; for computers 「コンピュータ」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym電算機でんさんきWrittenWritten abbreviation of 「電子計算機」, mostly seen in names of departments or offices like 「電算室」; rare in everyday speech.
• Synonym電子計算機でんしけいさんきFormalThe formal term for a computer, used in laws and technical specifications; in everyday speech people just say 「コンピュータ」.
• RelatedデータプロセッサーWrittenA loanword for machines or programs that process large volumes of data; a technical term you won't hear in everyday conversation.
• Related電脳でんのうNeutralMeans a computer, but today it carries a sci-fi or cyberculture flavor (「電脳空間」); not an ordinary way to say computer.

Use 「コンピュータ」 by default. 「電子計算機」 is the formal term for legal or technical documents, abbreviated 「電算機」 in written contexts. 「電脳」 adds a sci-fi or cyber flavor. 「計算機」 covers calculators too, and 「データプロセッサー」 is a technical term.

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1. 電子計算機でんしけいさんき。
2. プログラムによって自動的じどうてきに操作そうさされるキャラクター。NPC。ボット。