"computer literacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəmˌpjuːtə ˈlɪt(ə)rəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəmˌpjutəɹ ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəsi/ [General-American], [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-] [General-American] Audio: En-ca-computer_literacy.ogg [Canada] Forms: computer literacies [plural]
Etymology: From computer + literacy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|computer|literacy|notext=1|type=exocentric}} computer + literacy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} computer literacy (usually uncountable, plural computer literacies)
  1. (computing) The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: computeracy, cyberliteracy Related terms: CLAIT, computer literate, digital divide, e-inclusion Translations (ability to operate a personal computer): إلمام بالحاسوب (Arabic), kompüter savadlılığı (Azerbaijani), কম্পিউটার শিক্ষা (kompiuṭar śikkha) (Bengali), alfabetització informàtica [feminine] (Catalan), 計算機素養 (Chinese Mandarin), 计算机素养 (jìsuànjīsùyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), počítačová gramotnost [feminine] (Czech), komputila klero (Esperanto), tietokoneen käyttötaito (Finnish), tietokonelukutaito (Finnish), alphabétisme informatique [feminine] (French), Computerkompetenz [feminine] (German), EDV-Kenntnisse [feminine, plural] (German), Informatikkenntnisse [feminine, plural] (German), információs írástudás (Hungarian), literasi komputer (Indonesian), コンピュータ・リテラシー (konpyūta riterashī) (Japanese), компьютерлік сауаттылық (kompüterlık sauattylyq) (Kazakh), 컴퓨터 소양 (keompyuteo soyang) (Korean), компьютердик сабаттуулук (kompyuterdik sabattuuluk) (Kyrgyz), കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർ സാക്ഷരത (kampyūṭṭaṟ sākṣarata) (Malayalam), grunnleggende digitale ferdigheter (Norwegian Bokmål), سواد رایانهای (Persian), zdolność do komputerów [feminine] (Polish), alfabetização digital [feminine] (Portuguese), компью́терная гра́мотность (kompʹjúternaja grámotnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), පරිගණක සාක්ෂරතාව (parigaṇaka sākṣaratāwa) (Sinhalese), počítačová gramotnosť [feminine] (Slovak), alfabetización digital [feminine] (Spanish), alfabetización informática [feminine] (Spanish), bilgisayar okuryazarlığı (Turkish), комп'ю́терна гра́мотність (kompʺjúterna hrámotnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کمپیوٹر تعلیم (Urdu)

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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kompyuterdik sabattuuluk",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "компьютердик сабаттуулук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kampyūṭṭaṟ sākṣarata",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർ സാക്ഷരത"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "grunnleggende digitale ferdigheter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "سواد رایانهای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdolność do komputerów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alfabetização digital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kompʹjúternaja grámotnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "компью́терная гра́мотность"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "parigaṇaka sākṣaratāwa",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "පරිගණක සාක්ෂරතාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "počítačová gramotnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alfabetización digital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alfabetización informática"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "bilgisayar okuryazarlığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kompʺjúterna hrámotnistʹ",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "комп'ю́терна гра́мотність"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "ability to operate a personal computer",
      "word": "کمپیوٹر تعلیم"
    }
  ],
  "word": "computer literacy"
}

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