ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Collator

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Collator is a noun meaning A person who collates.

Meaning

A person who collates.

More Meanings

  1. (computing) A program or algorithm that collates.
  2. (computing, historical) A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
  3. A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compiler, collation, interleaving, interleaved, collationer, collater.

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