What does COMPUTER stands for?

Answer 1

Computer is not an acronym, it is a device that "computes" by executing basic instructions.

The word computer is generated from the English word "compute," and its general meaning of calculation.

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Some people have made up backronyms (words/explanations that were invented afterward to try to assign meaning to a non-acronym). Here are some of them... but none of them have anything to do with the origin of the word computer:

• Communication Oriented Machine Purposely Utilized Technical Educational Research
• Commonly operating machine that is perfectly used for technological and educational research
• Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade Education and Research.
• Common operated machine particularly used for technology education and research
• Common Operating Machine Particularly Used for Trade, Education, and Research
• Communication Oriented Machine Purposely Utilizing Technical Educational Research

Answer 2

COMPUTER stands for C -> Commonly

O -> Operated

M -> Machinary

P -> Parts

U -> Used in

T -> Trade

E -> Education &

R -> Research.