Sentence examples for computer referred from inspiring English sources

An article in Circuits on Aug. 14 about sharing a family computer referred erroneously to one aspect of hard-drive management in the Windows XP operating system.

Astronomers, for example, have been using rooms full of computers ever since the days when the word "computer" referred to a skilled mathematician.

Correction: September 16 , 2001 Sunday An article on Aug. 19 about the origins of the personal computer referred incorrectly to the first use of the term "personal computer" in advertising.

Correction: March 21, 2000, Tuesday A headline and a subheading in Business Day on Saturday about a new Internet device that can be converted to a personal computer referred imprecisely to the conversion cost and the effect on the manufacturer.

"Hidden Figures" takes us back to 1961, when racial segregation and workplace sexism were widely accepted facts of life and the word "computer" referred to a person, not a machine.

Correction: December 6, 2000, Wednesday An article yesterday about disciplinary action at the State Department against six employees in connection with the disappearance of a laptop computer referred incorrectly to the situation of Nancy May, acting executive director of the intelligence and research bureau.

Install it on your computer (refer to this page for details).

The file system of a computer refers to the way data is actually stored on the hard drive.

The musicians create dark blankets of homogenized textures; the computer refers more directly to the solos themselves - with, to give one example, variations on them in imitation between one loudspeaker and a second.

Random numbers will be automatically generated by computer referring to pre-configured stratified factors (stages, pathological types, ages and TCM syndromes).

Correction: August 26, 2000, Saturday An article in Circuits on Aug. 17 about bicycle computers referred incorrectly to their means of measuring pedal rhythm, or cadence.