compute
verb (used with object)
to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate.
is computing
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present progressiveof compute (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For transhumanists’ failed proofs of concept in both arenas have a single source: their conviction that across the board—whether one’s domain of inquiry is computing, genes, or the brain—units of “information” comprise what’s real.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2022
As with the algorithms that fail to generalize to multiple tasks, the limitation here is computing power.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2018
What the standardizing formula is really doing is computing the number of standard deviations X is from the mean of its own distribution.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
The second big area I focus on is computing and the core of things like Android and Chrome.
From Forbes ● Feb. 26, 2015
"Doctor Stevens is computing us and has full control of course and acceleration," replied Breckenridge.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
