"electronic brain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electronic brains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electronic brain (plural electronic brains)
  1. (dated) A computer. Tags: dated Synonyms: computer
    Sense id: en-electronic_brain-en-noun-Q6ox2M48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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