as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
we were able to divide the dinner bill fairly with a little computation
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Recent Examples of computation
Surprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and time
Once upon a time computers filled entire rooms, reading numbers from spinning tapes and churning them through wires to do chains of basic arithmetic.
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Max Springer, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
What remains immutable is the physics of computation itself: the energy required to power these systems.
—Aya Saed, Time, 17 June 2025
This problem is acutely evident in large language models, where the massive scale of parameters and computations magnifies these inefficiencies.
—Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Quantum error correction schemes, however, require that some of the hardware qubits undergo weak measurements multiple times while the computation is in progress.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
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Max Springer, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
What remains immutable is the physics of computation itself: the energy required to power these systems.
—Aya Saed, Time, 17 June 2025
This problem is acutely evident in large language models, where the massive scale of parameters and computations magnifies these inefficiencies.
—Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Quantum error correction schemes, however, require that some of the hardware qubits undergo weak measurements multiple times while the computation is in progress.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
Noun
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The Suns' calculation with Beal was somewhat different than the Bucks' with Lillard.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Brookshire’s grade took the biggest hit because the percentage of its lowest-performing students making those gains — part of the school grade calculation — plummeted.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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By middle school, the chatbot—now a boy-band singer—might help with math homework and give advice on how to talk to a crush.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
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According to Smoke’s math, the average annual tax savings is smaller than a single month’s loan payment for a new vehicle.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
13 July 2025
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In the screwy arithmetic of my mind, more time meant more aspiration.—
Dan Leach
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
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The regulations’ unanimous passage in 2022 followed a New York Times investigation detailing widespread educational failures — including young boys who graduated unable to speak English fluently or do basic arithmetic — and allegations of corporal punishment in some of the schools.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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