computing device

Questions about computing device

What does computing device mean?

computing device means "a machine for performing calculations automatically".

What is another word for computing device?

Close synonyms include computer, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is computing device a common word?

computing device is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.