Computergate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (US) A 1981 controversy around allegations that the staff of US politician deliberately destroyed computer cards in order to obstruct an investigation into his campaign.
- (AU) A 1978 controversy around Australian prime minister 's decision to award a bid for computer systems to IBM rather than the cheaper FACOM.
Etymology
Suffix from English computer.
Origin
English
computer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticomputer English
- biocomputer English
- compute English
- computer English
- computer-based English
- computerbased English
- computercide English
- computerdom English
- computerese English
- computeresque English
- computerette English
- computerful English
- computerholic English
- computerise English
- computerism English
- computerist English
- computeristic English
- computeritis English
- computerize English
- computerland English
- computerless English
- computerlike English
- computerlore English
- computernik English
- computerologist English
- computerology English
- computerphile English
- computerphobe English
- computerphobia English
- computerphobic English
- computerphone English
- computerware English
- computery English
- computress English
- hypercomputer English
- intercomputer English
- macrocomputer English
- microcomputer English
- minicomputer English
- multicomputer English
- nanocomputer English
- neurocomputer English
- noncomputer English
- precomputer English
- supercomputer English
- telecomputer English
- kompuutteri Finnish
- Computer German
- computer Italian
- computer Dutch, Flemish
- компью́тер Russian
- компьютер Russian
- komputer Polish
- computer Danish
- كمبيوتر Arabic
- कंप्यूटर Hindi
- computer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- คอมพิวเตอร์ Thai
- kompyuter Cebuano
- komputer Indonesian
- coimpiutair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- compiuteu Norman
- компютър Bulgarian
- Computer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ကွန်ပျူတာ Burmese
- kompuuter Estonian
- კომპიუტერი Georgian
- комп'ютер Ukrainian
- kompyuta Swahili
- 컴퓨터 Korean
- 콤퓨터 Korean
- камп'ютар Belarusian
- computer Romansh
- ikhompyutha Zulu
- កុំព្យូទ័រ Central Khmer
- kompiuteris Lithuanian
- কম্পিউটার Bengali
- کمپیوٹر Urdu
- kam̧putōr Marshallese
- ikhompyutha Xhosa
- kompyuta Tok Pisin
- kamepiula Hawaiian
- konpyouta Antillean Creole
- ခီၣ်ဖၠူထၢၣ် S'gaw Karen
- କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟର Oriya
- khomphutha Northern Sotho
- ꤊꤢꤪ꤬ꤕꤛꤢꤨ꤬ꤒꤣ꤬ Western Kayah
- ڪمپيوٽر Sindhi
- kompyuuta Pitcairn-Norfolk
- compute
- computer
- computery
- computress
- computerist
- noncomputer
- computerise
- computernik
- computerdom
- precomputer
- biocomputer
- computerful
- computerism
- computerize
- computerese
- telecomputer
- computerlore
- computerette
- computerlike
- anticomputer
- minicomputer
- computerware
- nanocomputer
- computercide
- computerland
- computerless
- computeritis
- computeristic
- computerphobe
- computeresque
- supercomputer
- macrocomputer
- neurocomputer
- computerbased
- computerology
- multicomputer
- microcomputer
- intercomputer
- computerphile
- hypercomputer
- computerphone
- computerholic
- computerphobic
- computer-based
- computerphobia
- computerologist