(archaic) A person who performs computations. / (archaic) A mechanical device that performs computation. / (humorous) Synonym of computer (“electronic device”)

plural of computator

present participle of computate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computate

The quality of being computative.

(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. / Hyponym: computress

(literally) The process or act of calculation. / (computer science) The use of a computer or computers. / The study of computers and computer programming.

present participle of compute

(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.

Capable of being computed, or enumerated. / (computing theory) Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.