電子計算機|でんしけいさんきdenshikeisanki
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Definitions
- nouncomputer
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymコンピュータNeutralLoanword for computer; the everyday default, also written 「コンピューター」. 「電子計算機」 is the formal Sino-Japanese equivalent.
- Synonym計算機けいさんきNeutralBroader than the headword: any calculating device, even the abacus, with a lean toward calculation tools; it can also mean computer.
- Synonym電算機でんさんきWrittenWritten/formal prose abbreviation of 「電子計算機」; a somewhat old-fashioned officialese term.
- Synonym電算でんさんWrittenWritten/formal prose: short for 「電子計算」, used mostly in compounds like 「電算化」 and 「電算室」 rather than alone.
- Related電脳でんのうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for computer with a sci-fi, cyberculture flavor, as in 「電脳空間」.
Everyday talk uses 「コンピュータ」 (or 「パソコン」); legal and formal documents use 「電子計算機」, as in 「電子計算機使用詐欺罪」. 「電算機」 is its written abbreviation; 「電脳」 suits sci-fi contexts.
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