noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a computer file
▪ Delete some of the old computer files and create some space on the hard drive.
a computer program
▪ The pictures were generated by a computer program.
a computer/phone/oil etc company
▪ an international oil company
a computer/video game
▪ He was up all night playing computer games.
analogue computer/circuit/technology
computer boffins
▪ computer boffins
computer crime (=committed using computers)
▪ It is usually companies that are the victims of computer crime.
computer data (=kept on a computer)
▪ Digital cameras transfer pictures and sound into computer data.
computer error
▪ An on-board computer error meant that the plane’s systems shut down for a few vital seconds.
computer freak
▪ a computer freak
computer modelling
▪ computer modelling of the city’s traffic flow
computer modelling
▪ computer modelling of the system
computer nerd
▪ a computer nerd
computer science
▪ a BSc in Computer Science
computer simulation
▪ a computer simulation used to train airline pilots
computer software
▪ He is the owner of a computer software company.
computer technology
▪ the rapid development of computer technology in the 1950s and 1960s
computer users
▪ Computer users are being warned to look out for the virus.
computer virus
computer/car/insurance etc salesman
computer/IT skills
▪ We’re looking for someone with good IT skills.
computer/video/stereo etc equipment
▪ Ageing computer equipment should be replaced, not upgraded.
desktop computer
fashion/computer/women’s etc magazine
▪ a glossy fashion magazine
▪ She’s the editor of a popular women’s magazine.
high-speed computer/network/modem etc
▪ high-speed Internet access
machine/computer/radio etc operator
▪ computers which can be used by untrained operators
neural computer
personal computer
quantum computer
television/TV/computer monitor
▪ She was staring at her computer monitor.
the computer age (=since computers became widely used)
▪ the modern computer age
the music/entertainment/computer etc business
▪ He started out working in the computer business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
▪ Microcomputers can not store as much data as the larger computers nor can they process it as quickly.
▪ A large computer maker came to Professional Secretaries International because it was losing many of its best secretaries.
▪ The Library carries out literature searches on behalf of staff, by interrogating large bibliographic databases which are mounted on very large computers.
▪ The three companies are among the largest computer sellers in the country.
▪ This was an integrated family of large computers with related software which would allow for convenient upgrading.
▪ Therefore, they rely on large server computers on a network.
▪ Obtain a manual describing the instruction set of a medium or large computer.
▪ Cisco Systems, the world's largest computer network equipment maker, reported better than expected fourth-quarter profits.
new
▪ Can people ever run out of new uses for computers?
▪ But another factor is that instruction manuals that usually accompany new computer hardware and software are difficult to understand.
▪ His ideas for change would involve some regrouping of staff, and some need for training with new computer software.
▪ When you bought that new computer a couple of years ago, you probably thought its 500-megabyte hard disk would last for ever.
▪ Our success is based on making an organisation's use of new or existing computer systems efficient and effective.
▪ Purchasers include the many thousands of people who bought new computers at Christmas that came pre-loaded with it.
▪ But there are things that some people do without thinking-the ski trip, the new computer.
personal
▪ An optional gateway function to other terminals and personal computers is included, as is a printing function.
▪ Intel controls about three-fourths of the market for the main chips in personal computers.
▪ The personal computer provides a window through which datasets can be explored for hidden and unexpected relations.
▪ Mr Frankenberg became chief executive of Novell Inc., the second-largest personal-computer software company, 20 months ago.
▪ It will also distribute Tandy's Victor Technologies personal computer line.
▪ The money will be put towards the purchase of personal computers for running chemistry software applications.
▪ It is based on personal computer architecture, and can be directly attached to the local network in a client-server architecture.
▪ The Ni1000 can be combined with a personal computer for fast character recognition, Intel says.
■ NOUN
application
▪ It should be noted however, that many computer applications may not require recognition of pen input.
▪ After learning one computer application, she discovered that it was easy to learn more.
▪ This means that the data analysis stage is as crucial as the implementation stage of the computer applications.
▪ Structured documents messaging consists of the automated interchange of standardized and approved messages between computer applications, via telecommunications lines.
▪ They have excelled in leading-edge technologies for military and computer applications.
▪ The curriculum should include courses in office technology, accounting, business mathematics, computer applications, and business law.
▪ It connects computer applications, merges reports, builds pictures, develops concepts.
▪ Locally and nationally, the expanding software and computer applications industrial sector offers challenging and rewarding employment prospects.
company
▪ But to what extent to customers really tell a computer company all it needs to know?
▪ The fit makes even more sense alongside the innumerable software and multimedia computer companies in Carlsbad.
▪ A woman change master at a computer company began an important project this way.
▪ Hoskyns had built up a computer company and been active in the Centre for policy Studies before joining Mrs Thatcher.
▪ For jobs, this meeting would open the door to his next opportunity: the Next computer company.
▪ But computer companies want faster chips, and faster means smaller.
desktop
▪ In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.&038;.
▪ They paid for the desktop computer he uses to scan biographical data.
▪ At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desktop computer.
▪ The company expects the early versions of the chip will go into low-end desktop computers primarily sold outside the United States.
▪ The desktop computer grew in power and user friendliness until it was increasingly hard to tell apart from the workstation.
▪ According to Adkins, the on board computing power is about equivalent to the first small desktop computers.
▪ Microsoft recently announced Video for Windows, which enables a desktop computer to display small video clips.
game
▪ For instance, the network will begin by offering a Web site to play computer games.
▪ Haven is also putting in PlayStation 2 venues in response to pleas for more computer games.
▪ Later, it will expand to include a radio talk show where players can talk about computer games.
▪ Each mini roll is individually wrapped and features a character from the SuperMario computer game.
▪ The museum car also features computer games and quizzes to test visitors' knowledge of train lore and station architecture.
▪ Many applications of the technology are starting to emerge, divided between computer games, educational programs and professional uses.
▪ They played computer games, partied together, had a lot of the same friends.
games
▪ Children from well-off families would rather play computer games than go outside.
▪ Demos have been around as long as computer games.
▪ We both read a great deal and play computer games.
▪ Ann Chait remembers telling her sons Jon and David to stop playing computer games and get their homework done.
▪ Arnie may not win many Oscars, but the big guy's action-packed movies sure make great computer games.
▪ The children in particular had a great time with computer games, entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied.
▪ Haven is also putting in PlayStation 2 venues in response to pleas for more computer games.
▪ Entertainment World run one of the biggest computer games clubs.
home
▪ Certainly there are commercially available recognition units which can be plugged into home computers but they are very unsophisticated.
▪ The company said the multicasting also will include high-speed transmission of data to business and home computers.
▪ The only editorial guideline was that the subject should have something to do with leisure software for home computers.
▪ An example: Your home computer has a C: drive, as does your office computer.
▪ Takagi was able to work on her home computer, she needed to concentrate.
▪ One of the most powerful features of the current generation of home computers is their graphics.
▪ Q.. We have a home computer and have just gone on-line.
industry
▪ Its 25% net margin is bettered in the computer industry only by Intel, the world's biggest micro-processor maker.
▪ Zygo, which makes laser-based measuring instruments used in the computer industry, fell 2 to 21.
▪ Microsoft lowered its earnings forecast by 5-6 % after a wave of disappointing results from the computer industry.
▪ The computer industry is determined to shape a market, substantially broader than that for computers-the success story of the 1980s.
▪ Applications of expert determination in the energy and computer industries are set out in Chapter 7.
▪ In recent years multimedia has taken on a negative connotation in the computer industry.
▪ For example, the computer industry and telecommunications are now converging as technology advances.
▪ Mr Gates realizes the dangers of government meddling in the computer industry, both for producers and consumers.
maker
▪ Another 7 percent is contracted with independent software house, and computer makers provide the remaining 6 percent.
▪ NatWest Securities raised its rating on the computer maker to accumulate from hold.
▪ Its operating software costs almost nothing to market and sell; computer makers hammer on Microsoft's door to buy the stuff.
▪ The relatively weak sales that many computer makers experienced in the 1995 Christmas season has caused nervousness in the industry.
▪ The Cupertino computer maker is not alone in the burgeoning field, however.
▪ An analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc. upgraded the rating on the computer maker to strong buy from buy.
▪ Jobs co-founded Apple but left the Cupertino computer maker in a power struggle in 1984.
model
▪ The experiments will be linked to attempts to develop computer models which simulate object naming processes in humans.
▪ Barnston reviewed many computer models developed over the years to forecast El Nino events.
▪ This, too, is just like the biomorph computer model.
▪ Indeed, some of the largest institutional money managers catering to wealthy individual investors advertise tax-related investment strategies based on computer models.
▪ The resultant computer models are used in oil field development.
▪ Of 13 computer models, eight anticipated moderate warming; two, weak warming; and three, no warming.
▪ To investigate further the link between planning and language a computer model will be implemented.
▪ We need better computer models and more reliable climate data before we take any drastic countermeasures. 3.
network
▪ There, the case for network computers is focused more on the desktop itself.
▪ Neuroscience Network Projects: Scientists are increasingly turning to chemistry and biology to create new designs for neural network computer systems.
▪ The problem with network computers is that they are no better than the networks they are connected to.
▪ On Monday night, Ellison also made another pitch for his $ 500 network computer.
▪ In principle, the idea of network computers is sound enough.
▪ Companies such as Oracle are jumping on the bandwagon, too, with low-priced network computers.
▪ In a few years it will be clearer whether specialized network computers really do offer any other advantages.
notebook
▪ Its SPARCbook 2 notebook computer is expected early next year.
▪ The Presario 1000, a multimedia notebook computer.
▪ GRiD also holds the Patent on the idea of a fold-up screen which is part of every laptop, or notebook computer.
▪ Almost since the invention of the notebook computer, buyers have complained about its cost.
▪ A new San Jose-based subsidiary of the huge company has begun shipping its first products: notebook computers aimed at business users.
program
▪ Those writing and developing computer software should distribute the computer programs in object code form only.
▪ This has included buying both a computer program and flash cards that drill them on math facts.
▪ The exclusion from patent of computer programs reflects international trends.
▪ Very simply, these so-called models are computer programs that analyze a lot of meteorological information fed into them.
▪ One day, the primary teacher guiding children through their instructional computer program may be able to prevent reading failure altogether.
▪ In our last weeks before unemployment, several of us learned the Quark XPress computer program.
▪ This fact has emerged during a pilot test of a new computer program developed by scientists for the Department of Transport.
▪ In some respects, the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs.
science
▪ Applied mathematics and computer science are distinct disciplines, but they are now locked for ever in an inseparable embrace.
▪ Both of these languages are capable of doing what you want and don't try to blind you with computer science.
▪ Jef Raskin had degrees in computer science and philosophy.
▪ Brailsford and Beach adopt a general view, regarding electronic publishing as the use of computer science and electronics to present information.
▪ Other disciplines, such as philosophy, psychology, and computer science, sample freely from both traditions.
▪ A first approach to an entity model for an academic department of computer science is given in Figure 3.1.
▪ Seventh period Michael has computer science, primarily seen as a way to develop word-processing skills for college.
screen
▪ A huge office, full of computer screens and flashing lights.
▪ The software appears as a floating palette on the computer screen.
▪ The others will cover such things as workplace conditions and the use of work equipment, with computer screens getting special attention.
▪ Richard Chang slides an electronic pawn across the chess board on his computer screen.
▪ Just above the milometer was a small computer screen, and Jack guessed that she would find that pretty disconcerting.
▪ Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
▪ Breathing rhythm was established by the movement of a bar graph displayed on the computer screen.
▪ He stared at the little green symbols trucking across the computer screen in front of him.
simulation
▪ The logical consistency and adequacy of the theory will then be tested by building computer simulation models of it.
▪ Dawkins works out in some detail a computer program which mirrors this computer simulation of the development of the eye.
▪ A number of exercises would be conducted using computer simulation, rather than actual troops.
▪ His natural habitat is the graph, his occupation the computer simulation.
▪ This can be established by programs in which the actual experimental apparatus is linked to a computer simulation.
▪ This question can now be answered statistically by means of the process of computer simulation.
▪ These are followed up by a short course on computer simulation in Physics for all students in third year.
▪ Using both experimental studies and computer simulation, existing theories of face recognition and learning in general will be evaluated and developed.
software
▪ In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.&038;.
▪ The Chicago Board Options Exchange computer software index was down 7. 5 %.
▪ Firstly, it will disseminate these new procedures to the social science community by means of newsletters workshops and computer software.
▪ The special nature of computer software and the fact that software is usually acquired by means of a licence have several legal implications.
▪ The deals also illustrate businesses growing demand for products to help track accounting, manufacturing and human resource tasks with computer software.
▪ His ideas for change would involve some regrouping of staff, and some need for training with new computer software.
▪ But the addition of sophisticated computer software could extend those capabilities still further.
system
▪ They contain telephone numbers for classified computer systems.
▪ Y., will provide the venture with its skills in integrating and running computer systems.
▪ With automated bibliographic files and online catalogues, browsing has also been applied to searching in computer systems.
▪ Supply Chain Management Until recently, these inventory management strategies were implemented through very expensive computer systems and private networks.
▪ A sizeable computer system contract with Credit Suisse excited investors in electronics firm Rolfe &038; Nolan which jumped 12p to 235p.
▪ He marched off to a local retailer and plunked down nearly $ 3, 000 for a new Power Macintosh computer system.
▪ One way to help this process is to involve all staff affected by computer systems in the computing process.
▪ The computer system had serious deficiencies.
technology
▪ The radio waves, magnetic field and computer technology combine to produce vivid images of the body's soft tissue.
▪ Another comparatively recent development is computer technology.
▪ Throughout the 1960s, as technology, especially computer technology, developed, pressure built up in Parliament for legislative controls.
▪ The nice thing about personal computer technology is that these kinds of wishes often come true.
▪ On the face of it the comparison is almost ludicrous, so great has been the progress in computer technology.
▪ The computer technology of the period was only powerful enough to do the calculations in two dimensions.
▪ Advances in computer technology are now so fast only computers themselves can keep pace with the data.
▪ He expects widespread usage of computer technology to be commonplace before that time.
user
▪ Newsletters produced by computer user groups and societies also offer useful information on software.
▪ Farmington Hills, Michigan-based Compuware develops software products for mainframe computer users.
▪ The virus utilities are a must for every computer user concerned with computer security.
▪ But in the gray area of the Internet, activities that publishers call stealing are commonplace for many computer users.
▪ Perhaps too, Land is right in suggesting that computer users should have been brought more into the argument.
▪ In her study of 496 heavy computer users, she said pathological gambling is the closest type of addiction.
▪ Few things are as instantly heart-stopping to a computer user as the time when his machine starts to behave erratically.
▪ Buller said he and his partner believe there are now enough home computer users to make their service a viable business.
■ VERB
buy
▪ This may not be the right criteria to apply when buying a computer, but what else is an illiterate to do?
▪ Purchasers include the many thousands of people who bought new computers at Christmas that came pre-loaded with it.
▪ They are fast-moving, colourful, noisy, and as good if not better than anything you can buy for home computers.
▪ During the holiday rush, Netcom experienced a crush of Internet users, many of them armed with newly bought personal computers.
▪ When buying a new computer, the same model is usually available with a range of different monitors.
▪ All three knew well that customers buying computers needed some way to make them work together.
▪ The cash will be used to buy a computer which will be adapted for use by disabled children.
design
▪ This waybill is designed for computer use.
▪ He approached it as if he were designing a new computer.
▪ Teams are in hot competition to design computers that not only assist the study of nature, but are natural themselves.
▪ In contrast, the Mac team was off in the ozone, designing a computer that fit their own woolly sensibilities.
use
▪ That current can be used by computer circuits without any further treatment.
▪ But now he uses a computer to draw the designs, and the computer prints them out on canvas.
▪ Whether the class moved to a special room in order to use the computer. 7.
▪ Surveys show millions of workers use their office computers to play games, surf the Net or worse.
▪ It has since been used on many small computers as a means of implementing a rich instruction set at a reasonable price.
▪ That contrasts with three out of five Anglo children who use a computer at school.
▪ The first major attempt to use computer animation in a feature film was largely down to the novelty of the medium itself.
▪ They had little faith that the hoi polloi would very soon be using computers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
computer literate/musically literate etc
entry level product/model/computer etc
fault-tolerant computer/machine
▪ It believes that the new LightsOut software is the first unattended event monitoring program from a supplier of Unix-based fault-tolerant computers.
▪ The chips are targeted at embedded controls, portable and desktop computers, high-end fault-tolerant machines and supercomputers.
have access to a car/a computer etc
▪ It is seen as an effective means of business communication where relevant staff have access to a computer network.
high-performance cars/computers/tyres etc
▪ The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
▪ Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
in front of the television/TV/computer etc
▪ It is immoral to do the ironing in front of the television when there is a good film on.
▪ Put three movie fans in front of the computer, start the game and quietly leave.
▪ She would install Hannah in front of the television and retreat to another room.
▪ Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera.
▪ That night I cooked dinner and we ate in front of the television.
▪ Then she went back into the living room and sat in front of the television set without turning it on.
▪ Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
oil-based/carbon-based/computer-based etc
palm-sized computer/PC/PDA
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ computer software
▪ Complex computer graphics were used to create the film's special effects.
▪ How long are you going to be on the computer? I need to type something.
▪ I can't get the program to work on my computer.
▪ It is important that all children become computer literate while they are in school.
▪ Many kids spend more time playing computer games than watching TV.
▪ Our office has switched to a different computer system.
▪ The information from the survey is being processed by computer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A specification for the computer system which will satisfy the user's requirements begins to evolve.
▪ Arnie may not win many Oscars, but the big guy's action-packed movies sure make great computer games.
▪ Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs.
▪ I played with a few of the new titles, with lots of technical assistance from some computer literati.
▪ Just above the milometer was a small computer screen, and Jack guessed that she would find that pretty disconcerting.
▪ The Internet is larger and has more types of server computers dishing out information.
▪ There is no doubt that quick recall of number facts is still an advantage even in the era of calculators and computers.