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dator.

a computer (data processing machine)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²dɑːtɔr//²dɑːtʊr/
  1. a computer (data processing machine)

    common-gender
  2. indefinite plural of data

    common-gender · form-of · indefinite · plural · rare
Where this word comes from

From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the latter often colloquially abbreviated to data.

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