computation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

calculation reckoning computing account estimate evaluation arithmetic determination calculus figuring processing ciphering math computer science addition
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Antonyms

concept measure broken add count estimate
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Hypernyms

process procedure problem solving

Hyponyms

idea transposition operation conversion estimate integral

Phrases with the word

preorder computation arithmetic computation probability computation computerized computation computation method computation processing

Examples

Understanding is, after all, what science is all about - and science is a great deal more than mindless computation. Roger Penrose

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation. Rudy Rucker

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of. Seth Lloyd

Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort has gone toward devising the languages of interaction. Donald Norman

Quantum computation is a distinctively new way of harnessing nature. It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. David Deutsch

If quantum communication and quantum computation are to flourish, a new information theory will have to be developed. Hans Christian von Baeyer

Close letter words and terms

computably computant computate computation circuit computation history computation method