Category: TechnologyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

komputer

/komputer/Roman

English meaning: Computer

Polish Definition

(Polski)

Urządzenie elektroniczne służące do przetwarzania, przechowywania i przesyłania danych.

English Definition

An electronic device for processing data. Poland has a strong computing heritage — the Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski broke the Nazi Enigma cipher in the 1930s, laying groundwork for Allied codebreaking at Bletchley Park. Modern Poland is Central Europe's largest software development hub, with thousands of IT companies serving global clients.

Example

Polscy matematycy złamali szyfr Enigmy, torując drogę alianckiej kryptografii w II wojnie.

In English: Polish mathematicians cracked the Enigma cipher, paving the way for Allied cryptography in WWII.

Synonyms

  • pecet
  • maszyna

Literary Heritage

Technika obiecuje raj, ale buduje piekło.

Technology promises paradise but builds hell.

Czesław Miłosz · Poet / Essayist · 20th century

Ziemia Ulro

Ziemia Ulro (The Land of Ulro), Ch. 5, 1977

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