Etymology

From compute +‎ -orCategory:English terms suffixed with -or#COMPUTOR.

Noun

computor (plural computors)Category:English lemmas#COMPUTORCategory:English nouns#COMPUTORCategory:English countable nouns#COMPUTORCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COMPUTORCategory:Pages with entries#COMPUTORCategory:Pages with 2 entries#COMPUTOR

1. Obsolete spelling of computerCategory:English obsolete forms#COMPUTOR.
   • 1957 November, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:

     British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees.

     Category:English terms with quotations#COMPUTOR

   • 1985 December, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 58:

     WITH SERIAL COMPUTOR INTERFACE

     Category:English terms with quotations#COMPUTOR

References

• OED (online) 2008

Verb

computorCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#COMPUTORCategory:Latin verb forms#COMPUTORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#COMPUTORCategory:Pages with entries#COMPUTORCategory:Pages with 2 entries#COMPUTOR

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of computō