Definition
a computer: a PC, a machine that goes with a monitor, keyboard and mouse (can be either a desktop or a laptop)
to compute: to calculate, to work out
(I work in) computing: (My job is in) IT, information technology
- "Icarus : A pinball machine for a computer laboratory is highly unorthodox for a cosmetics company."
- "You're really into computers, huh?"
- "In any case, destroying your computer sounds a bit extreme."
- "CANNOT COMPUTE."
- "She writes "Susie, I receive a lot of emails every day, should I answer them or just destroy my computer?"
- "I have to fix Susan's computer."
- "It's my damned computer."
- "Fisherman : Computers?"
- "Incidentally, Bob tells me that Jean is progressing nicely and now knows how to change the desktop photo on the computer all by himself!"
- "Bruno: Ah destroying the computer - what I like to call the "Horatio Option"."
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