trip computer

Vehicle data display

A trip computer is an onboard device in a vehicle that calculates and displays driving data—distance traveled, average speed, fuel consumption, estimated arrival time.

Most modern cars have them integrated into the dashboard: The trip computer says we're averaging 32 miles per gallon.

Useful for monitoring efficiency or planning fuel stops on long drives.

Related

mileage · fuel · display · navigation · GPS · average · consumption · range · digital · readout · driving · distance · miles per gallon · fuel economy · reset · economy · sensor · warning

Categories
Opposites
data presentation method

trip computerdead reckoning

Position-tracking via estimated motion

pencil and paper · guesswork

vehicle technology level

trip computerbase model

Unaltered original neural network

function/purpose

trip computernavigation system

Device for finding routes

GPS navigator · sat nav · turn-by-turn navigation · route planner

Family

trip, computer, trips, tripped, tripping, tripper, compute, computes, computed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G