Meaning & use
computer analyst
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person whose job is to study how an organization uses computer systems and to suggest or design improvements.
Grammar: Counts as a normal noun: a computer analyst, two computer analysts.
Patterns
- a computer analyst at/for a company
The hospital hired a computer analyst to find out why the booking system kept freezing.
My aunt works as a computer analyst and spends most days talking to staff about their software needs.
A good computer analyst can explain technical problems in plain language.
Word forms
| plural | computer analysts |
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Common combinations
- hire a computer analyst
- The bank decided to hire a computer analyst to review its old software.
- work as a computer analyst
- After college he worked as a computer analyst for an insurance firm.
- senior computer analyst
- The senior computer analyst presented her findings to the board.
- computer analyst job
- She applied for a computer analyst job in the city council's IT department.
Synonyms and how they differ
- systems analyst
- Systems analyst is the more standard professional title and focuses on how whole systems fit business needs.
- IT consultant
- An IT consultant usually works for outside clients on contract, while a computer analyst is often an employee of one organization.
- programmer
- A programmer writes code, whereas a computer analyst mainly studies needs and plans solutions.
Word family
Commonly confused: computer analyst or computer scientist?
computer analyst vs computer scientist
A computer scientist researches how computing works in theory and practice; a computer analyst applies computing to a particular organization's needs.
Practice
Our company's ordering system is slow, so we asked a ______ to study it and recommend changes.
Choose one answer.
A computer analyst studies systems and suggests improvements. The other options are things, not a person who could be asked to make recommendations.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “computer analyst”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.