The computer is derived from a Latin word "computare" which means "to calculate", "to count", "to sum up" or "to think together". Therefore, the word computer more precisely means a "device that performs computation".

What is computer and how it is derived from?

Meaning of the word "Computer" Computer is derived from a Latin word “computare” which means to “to calculate” , “to count” , “to sum up” or “to think together”. So, more precisely the word computer mean s a "device that performs computation".

Who created the word computer?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwaite. But more interestingly in this book the word computer was not used for machines, but instead, it was used for Human-Computer.