Cupertino

English +, California Etymology en Joseph of Cupertino =, from en it Copertino. Pronunciation en /ˌkuːpəɹˈtiːnoʊ/ en Proper noun en city co/Santa Clara County s/California c/USA. TopoZone: Cupertino en w:Jenny Odell How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy 2019 Melville House Brooklyn, NY Exercises in attention 978-1-61219-855-2 96 I was desperate for something (anything!) to latch onto, to be interested in. But Cupertino was featureless. en Dustin Dorsey Santa Clara County to stop using Flock Safety cameras in several cities after privacy concerns w:KGO-TV https://abc7news.com/post/santa-clara-county-stop-using-flock-safety-cameras-several-cities-privacy-concerns/18646060/ 2026-02-24 The decision will impact Saratoga, Cupertino and Los Altos Hills because the sheriff's office manages public safety in those cities. https://web.archive.org/web/20260302053428/https://abc7news.com/post/santa-clara-county-stop-using-flock-safety-cameras-several-cities-privacy-concerns/18646060/ en metonymic Apple Inc. en https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/why-apple-meta-are-interested-buying-perplexity-ai-10082513/ Why both Apple and Meta are interested in buying Perplexity AI w:Indian Express 2025-06-24 Anuj Bhatia A major difference between Apple and other companies in bringing AI to the masses is that Cupertino is more open to partnerships—such as the one it has with OpenAI. The idea is that Apple will combine its own machine learning models with generative AI technologies from partners to power features within Apple Intelligence. https://web.archive.org/web/20250725071403/https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/why-apple-meta-are-interested-buying-perplexity-ai-10082513/ Noun en informal uncommon An incorrect spellchecking suggestion due to the Cupertino effect. en clbuttic en When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect 2007-11-01 w:Ben Zimmer OUPBlog https://blog.oup.com/2007/11/spellchecker/ Sure enough, there are dozens of Cupertinos to be found in online documents from the UN, EU, NATO, and other international organizations. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218005833/https://blog.oup.com/2007/11/spellchecker/ en 2013 Netymology 20 w:Tom Chatfield 1743513844 Cupertinos can also be a serious business. Consider the case in 2012 of a school in the state of Georgia which was evacuated after a text message reading ‘gunman be at west hall today’ was reported to police. References Anagrams en ceinoprtu uniceptor en terms derived from toponyms en Apple Inc.