Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

does not compute

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
does not -com-pute
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

That does not make sense.

Humorous

Etymology

A phrase commonly uttered by robots in science-fiction stories. The first recorded source is the television show My Living Doll from 1964.

Usage

Phrases

ignore all previous instructions logic bomb

Frequently Paired Words

error ignore all previous instructions logic bomb 🤯

Questions

What does does not compute mean?
That does not make sense.
Where does does not compute come from?
A phrase commonly uttered by robots in science-fiction stories. The first recorded source is the television show My Living Doll from 1964.

How to pronounce does not compute

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