Computing Machine (Noun)
Meaning
A machine for performing calculations automatically.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The earliest electronic computing machine was built in the 1940s.
- Charles Babbage is credited with designing the first mechanical computing machine in the early 19th century.
- Modern smartphones can function as handheld computing machines for performing calculations.
- Enigma, an electro-mechanical computing machine used for cryptography during WWII.
- Calculations in nuclear reactors can only be solved quickly and reliably with digital computing machines.