Why computer called computer not calculator?

Answer 1

A calculator requires that a human tell it each operation step by step as the problem is being solved, every time a problem is being solved.

A computer performs the steps needed to solve the problem automatically without human supervision, once those steps had been specified (i.e. computer program) by humans.

Answer 2

Because the computer can do more than just calculating. The computer does sometimes depend on calculations to perform basic tasks. But a "computer" is a device that can be programmed to perform a series of calculations to obtain a specific result.

In a sense all calculators are "computers" that allow you to supply input, press a function button and obtain an output. Most people refer to "computers" as machines that take input and provide the calculated output automatically.

Answer 3

The term "compute" has been around a long time, meaning to "devise an answer to a problem by evaluating data, following a prescribed series of steps, and arriving at a logical, provably correct answer."

The term "computer" originated before electronic computers ever existed. The name was given to people who would be given very difficult mathematical equations to "compute" the answers to. When machines took over the job the name "computer" stuck. When "computer" referred to a person, that person typically used one or more manual calculating devices to perform the calculations for the equations on (e.g. mechanical calculator, slide rule, printed lookup tables, abacus).

Answer 4

Because it "calculates" and/or assists a person in doing "calculations".

When humans were the only computers (before WW2 "computer" was a job title for a person, not a type of machine) these human computers used mechanical calculators and/or slide rules to perform the calculations needed for the computation they were working on.

Answer 5

bescause it calculates

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