See computor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1957 November 23, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1984 April 25, “Electronic Mail is in McAllen!”, in The Monitor, 74th year, number 255, McAllen, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18A, column 9:",
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"ref": "1985 December 23, “Sims Anemometers Measure Wind!”, in Weatherwise (inline advertisement), Sims Anemometers, page 58:",
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