noun
Other Word Forms
- computational adjective
- computative adjective
- computatively adverb
- miscomputation noun
- noncomputation noun
- recomputation noun
Etymology
Origin of computation
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin computātiōn-, stem of computātiō, from computāt(us) “reckoned” (past participle of computāre “to reckon, sum up”; compute ) + -iō -ion
Example Sentences
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Compared with GPUs, which were originally designed for gaming, engineers say the TPU is sometimes better suited for large volumes of AI computation that don’t require high precision.
"These are very sophisticated computations. They are exascale-level problems that our brains are capable of doing very cheaply."
From Science Daily
The satellite’s primary function would be to do computations on specialized chips, powered by solar panels in a “sun-synchronous orbit” that keeps them exposed 24/7 to the sun’s powerful rays.
From Los Angeles Times
To run a quantum algorithm, qubits must be actively manipulated using quantum gates, which are the basic operations that power quantum computation.
From Science Daily
That could speed up certain computations by orders of magnitude.
From Barron's
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