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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to computers.

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non- +‎ computer

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Examples

  • Plug it in to any laptop, and you 'll get from two to five hours more life, according to the manufacturer (and up to 20 for noncomputer devices).

    Beautifully Mindless Apps 2010

  • The second Apple—the Apple of the iPod, iPhone and iPad—was the noncomputer company that Mr. Jobs perhaps instinctively intended all along.

    The Amazing Steve Jobs Story Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • Craig Mundie, the veteran Microsoft exec who oversees all noncomputer consumer products, lets the younger team members lead the discussion.

    American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009

  • Think of Apple in its current form as an attenuated antitrust virus (of the noncomputer variety) for Microsoft.

    Bill Does What's Good For Bill 2008

  • It is also stepping up efforts to sell chips for noncomputer products such as TV set-top boxes and cellphones.

    AMD Vows Not to Repeat Missteps 2007

  • But unlike its competitors Microsoft and Mozilla, Opera is focusing a lot of attention on noncomputer devices: mobile phones, videogame consoles or just about anything else you can stick a screen on.

    Opera Everywhere 2006

  • Avoid doing noncomputer tasks or taking breaks near the side of your terminal, or turn your monitor off if you do.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • When a company in a noncomputer industry grows tired of managing its own data processing

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows wjbrown2009 2010

  • Significance: Perhaps the most successful and aggressive noncomputer business-to-business catalog ever.

    Multichannel Merchant: This Week's Most Viewed Articles 2010

  • The first Mac, in 1984, was something totally new and different to almost everyone in the computer and noncomputer worlds alike.

    iPod Product Center 2009

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