Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dask

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: dask
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A computer of the late 1950s, the first to be developed and built in Denmark.

Etymology

Acronym from Danish Dansk Aritmetisk Sekvens Kalkulator ("Danish Arithmetic Sequence Calculator").

Questions

What does dask mean?: A computer of the late 1950s, the first to be developed and built in Denmark.
Where does dask come from?: Acronym from Danish Dansk Aritmetisk Sekvens Kalkulator ("Danish Arithmetic Sequence Calculator").

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