Question

What is computer ? Why it is so named ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

an electronic machine that can store, find and arrange information, calculate amounts and control other machines❤️

Computer" comes from the Latin "putare" which means both to think and to prune.

Answer 2

Answer:

Computer is an electronic machine that can store, find and arrange information, calculate amounts and control other machines.

Explanation:

The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of "computer" in the 1640s, meaning "one who calculates"; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "'calculating machine' (of any type) is from 1897."