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ordinateur, m (pl.: ordinateurs)
- (tecnologia) (informatica) computer, elaboratore, calcolatore
IPA: /ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ/
(1956) dal latino ordinator "ordinatore, che ordina", significato moderno proposto dal professore di filologia Jacques Perret in una lettera datata del 16 aprile 1955 in risposta a una domanda dall'IBM France, di cui i dirigenti pensavano che la parola calculateur "calcolatore" fosse troppo restrittiva considerato le possibilità della macchina