computer operator

collocation in English

meaningsofcomputerandoperator

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computer
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpjuː.tər/us
/kəmˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/
an electronic machine that is used for storing, organizing, and finding words, numbers, and pictures, for doing calculations, and for controlling ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition ofcomputerandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This also allows thecomputeroperatorto be extremely flexible in his/her reaction to gestures allowing the aforementioned linking between music and dance.
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The performance of the piece requires acomputeroperator, who changes the settings of the program for each section of the choreography.
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She is in her early twenties, has two university degrees and is a skilledcomputeroperator.
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No official record is kept of the number of privatecomputeroperatortraining companies.
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It is probably no use telling him that there is a vacant job as acomputeroperator.
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In the proceedings acomputeroperatorcan throw up on request, on screen, the documents in question which are then available for all to read.
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He may say that the proper person to call in support to give oral evidence is thecomputeroperatorwho took the statement out of the computer.
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It is designed to automate backup tasks that had often required intervention from a systems administrator orcomputeroperator.
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This facility could be used to program audio alerts for thecomputeroperator, or to generate music.
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Thecomputeroperatorwould see a count of the number of tasks within each queue on the system console.
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He served as acomputeroperator, combat correspondent and chaplains assistant.
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Acomputeroperatoralso has knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity procedures.
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Becoming acomputeroperatorin the early 1960s, he began publishing many noteworthy papers, including compilers (particularly parsing).
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The zero/oh confusion gave rise to the tradition of crossing zeros, so that acomputeroperatorwould type them correctly.
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Later he also worked part-time as a gatekeeper, andcomputeroperator.
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He is a skilled aircraft pilot, and excellentcomputeroperator.
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Thecomputeroperatornormally works in a server room or a data centre, but can also work remotely so that they can operate systems across multiple sites.
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He also worked as acomputeroperator.
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Processing strategies may also be programmed into a computer system, and performed by computer operators responding to musicians' actions in performance.
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