com·put·er (k
m-py
t
r)
n.
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- A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine
that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that
assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.
- One who computes.
n. attributive.
- Often used to modify another noun: computer programming; computer
software.
en·gi·neer (
n
j
-nīr
)
n. Abbr. e., E., eng., engr.
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- One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of
engineering.
- One who operates an engine.
- One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.
v. tr. en·gi·neered, en·gi·neer·ing, en·gi·neers.
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- To plan, construct, or manage as an engineer.
- To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering: Researchers
. . . compared insulin manufactured by bacteria genetically engineered
with recombinant DNA techniques to the commercial insulin obtained from
swine or cattle (Fusion).
- To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance;
maneuver.
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