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computer scientist

computer scientist

11 3.4
A person who studies computers and builds programs or computer systems
  • noun
  • /kəmˈpjuːtər ˈsaɪəntɪst/
translation icon : científico de la computación
  • Well, again, the traditional view is computer scientists are the architects of the digital world.
  • computer scientists and engineers
  • computer scientists and researchers

He'll do what computer scientists call error correction.

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Examples

  • Several biologically inspired paths are being explored by computer scientists in universities and corporate laboratories worldwide.

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  • Fay Lee is a computer scientist here at Stanford.

  • How do we hire computer scientists to work on the public interest?

  • Its development was the result of collaboration between surgeons, engineers, and computer scientists.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In an experiment conducted by computer scientists, advice was shown to be much more persuasive.

    Blog text (18)
  • The team behind Faceshift is a group of really smart and sharp computer scientists in Switzerland.

    Blog text (30)
  • And in 1975, two computer scientists were able to construct a tic-tac-toe-playing computer out of Tinkertoys.

    Academic text (2003)
  • No doubt, Chuck Todd believes that the two computer scientists who testified that there was a system malfunction.

    Blog text (15)
  • Apparently, the Japanese computer scientists have embraced the notion of fuzzy logic and are rapidly programming "fuzziness" into computers.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Fay Lee is a computer scientist here at Stanford.

Synonyms

computer expert
vscomputer scientist
6 3.1

A person who knows a lot about computers and helps fix them

focuses on formal scientific study of theory design and practical applications
computer guru
vscomputer scientist
  • Informal
4.3

A person who knows a lot about computers and helps others fix computer problems

works in formal scientific study and design rather than informal advising

How Experienced

computer scientist
11 3.4
graduate
551 3.4
student
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

computer + scientist

The meaning 'a scientist who specializes in computers' is directly and compositionally derived from 'computer' (the field/object) + 'scientist' (a person who studies). This follows a regular noun–noun modifier + head pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Computer scientist combines computer and scientist. The word computer used to mean a person who did sums and later named the machines that do those sums, so a computer scientist is literally a scientist who studies 'computers' and how they work.