[syn: calculator, calculating machine]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calculator \Cal"cu*la*tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. calculateur.]
One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers
the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct
estimate of the effects.
[1913 Webster]
Ambition is no exact calculator. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calculator
n 1: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer,
estimator, computer]
2: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
[syn: calculator, calculating machine]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
bitty box
calculator
(Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computer
sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a
hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing
software on or for it. The term is especially used of small,
obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers such
as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80
or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of
"real computer" (see Get a real computer!).
See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.
(1994-11-29)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
calculator
n.
Syn. for bitty box.