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Accumulator

One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.

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Conductor 76% connected

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

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Gleaner 76% connected

One who gathers after reapers.

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Anode 70% connected

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; --…

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Cathode 70% connected

The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current p…

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Grid 70% connected

A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

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Collector 92% connected

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gatherer 92% connected

One who gathers or collects.

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Accumulator register noun · 86% connection

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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Counter noun · 86% connection

(computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

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Index register noun · 86% connection

(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand

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Shift register noun · 86% connection

(computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right

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C.P.U. noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…

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Central processing unit noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…

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Central processor noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…

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CISC noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

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Complex instruction set computer noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

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Complex instruction set computing noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

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Computer architecture noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…

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Core memory noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories

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CPU noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…

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EPROM noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data

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Erasable programmable read-only memory noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data

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Fixed storage noun · 85% connection

(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed

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Magnetic core noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semicondu…

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Magnetic core memory noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories

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Amasser noun · 78% connection

One who amasses.

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Anecdotist noun · 78% connection

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

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Bailiff noun · 78% connection

An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

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Bronzist noun · 78% connection

One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.

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Cadmia noun · 78% connection

An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accumulates, collects, amasses.
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Collect verb · 78% connection

To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

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Cream noun · 78% connection

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…

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Creaze noun · 78% connection

The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.

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Croupier noun · 78% connection

One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

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Cumulatist noun · 78% connection

One who accumulates; one who collects.

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