computor

From compute + -or.

computor (plural computors)

1. Obsolete spelling of computer.
   • 1957 November, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:

     British Railways are beginning to reap the advantages of electronics applied to accounting. At Swindon Works, a computor, the first of its type to be used anywhere in the world, was installed recently to deal with the pay of some 10,000 employees.

   • 1985 December, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 58:

     WITH SERIAL COMPUTOR INTERFACE

• OED (online) 2008

computor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of computō