Racine

n 1: 1639-1699 [syn: {Racine}, {Jean Racine}]

2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan S of

Milwaukee [syn: {Racine}]

machine

Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the

hardware level. The {Turing Machine}, an early example of

this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but

only an idea.

[Earlier use?]

(1995-02-15)