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ˈupdater, n.
[f. update v. + -er1.]
1. = update n. 1. orig. and chiefly U.S.
1961in Webster. 1973A. Mann Tiara viii. 69 The report..comprised material from the Department's computerised data bank, supplemented by ‘updaters’ from stations in Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Khartoum, Kampala and Rome. 1978Washington Post 11 Feb. c3/6 Another updater, a muffler on the report that U. of Delaware's head football coach..might be ready to join Marv Levy's Kansas City Chiefs. 1986R. Littell Sisters ii. xii. 174 The discrepancies between their version of events, contained in the Sisters' formal Op Proposal updater, and Thursday's version.
2. a. A person who updates. Freq. in Computing.
1974Times Lit. Suppl. 14 June 629/2 The account..has neither that malingering suspicion of sentimentalists that attaches to religious themes, nor the tendency to be clever at the expense of the past usually irresistible to up-daters of history. 1984N.Y. Times 12 May i. 22/4 Herbert Mitgang reports in ‘Shakespeare's Language is Updated’ that A. L. Rowse (the updater) is preparing for a counterattack from ‘the old academic fuddy-duddies’. 1989RQ Summer 522/1 The final data element in Infofile is the Last Update. This field contains the last date updated and the initials of the updater.
b. A computer program, software package, etc. which carries out updates.
1980Amer. Banker 23 Sept. 16/1 The passbook updater posts quarterly interest and direct deposit transactions on a number of government payments including Social Security, [etc.]. 1991MacUser Mar. 66/2 You have to update Navigator by running an updater application. |