dator
Pronunciation: /²dɑːtɔr/
“dator” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the latter often colloquially abbreviated to data.
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