computing

[kuhm-pyoo-ting]

noun

1. the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations.

2. the act of calculating or reckoning.

computing

/ kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ /

noun

1. the activity of using computers and writing programs for them

2. the study of computers and their implications

adjective

1. of or relating to computers

   computing skills

Word History and Origins

Origin of computing¹

First recorded in 1640–50; compute + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

While growth has been robust, Cursor has faced high costs for computing firepower and AI model access operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others.

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Quantum computing is often described as a future technology capable of handling problems that traditional computers cannot touch.

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“This is going to expand the market of computing into the world of design and engineering for the very first time,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview with CNBC.

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In October, Anthropic said it plans to use up to 1 million of Google’s TPUs as it seeks to scale up computing — an issue also plaguing OpenAI as AI models become larger and more advanced.

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The firm identified a problem with the aircraft's computing software which calculates a plane's elevation, and found that at high altitudes, data could be corrupted by intense radiation released periodically by the Sun.

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