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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/
: 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.