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  • noun A proposed nanoscale computer.

Etymologies

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nano- +‎ computer

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Examples

  • The "spray-on" nanocomputer would consist of particles that can be sprayed onto a patient.

    What we get from Technologies in Future. 2008

  • "I imagine that programming your nanocomputer demands a special talent."

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

  • Learning to write this would have imposed an intolerable strain on memory, but the nanocomputer rendered what a party entered, within the logicogrammatical rules, into agreed-on symbols.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

  • “And this is possible because a nanocomputer, once such a thing exists, could hold the guts of a trillion of today’s desktop computers.”

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • “And this is possible because a nanocomputer, once such a thing exists, could hold the guts of a trillion of today’s desktop computers.”

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • “And this is possible because a nanocomputer, once such a thing exists, could hold the guts of a trillion of today’s desktop computers.”

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • “And this is possible because a nanocomputer, once such a thing exists, could hold the guts of a trillion of today’s desktop computers.”

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

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