computing
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Noun (2)
- the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresSynonyms: computer scienceType of engineering, engineering scienceKinds artificial intelligence, machine learning, objectPart of information science, informatics
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methodsSynonyms: calculationcomputationType of procedure, processKinds recalculation, mathematical process, number crunching, transposition
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Translations
Noun the study, field of computers and computer programming
- Spanish
- informática
- French
- informatique
- German
- Informatik
- Italian
- informatica
- Portuguese
- informática
- Russian
- информа́тика informátika
- Arabic
- حَوْسَبَة ḥawsaba
- Dutch
- informatica
- Polish
- informatyka
- Greek
- πληροφορική pliroforikí
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- Hungarian
- számítástechnika
- Portuguese (PT)
- informática
- Catalan
- informàtica
- Finnish
- tietojenkäsittelytiede
- Romanian
- informatică
- Serbo-Croatian
- računarstvo
- Swahili
- utarakilishi
Noun action of using a computer
- Spanish
- computación
- Portuguese
- computação
- Arabic
- حوسبة ḥawsaba
- Japanese
- コンピューティング konpyūtingu
- Vietnamese
- điện toán
- Hungarian
- számítástechnika
- Portuguese (PT)
- computação
- Hebrew
- מִחְשׁוּב mikhshúv
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“computing” is listed under Compute.
Origin: L. computare. See Count, transitive verb
To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.
Two days, as we compute the days of heaven.— John Milton
What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.— Robert Burns
Synonyms: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<computer> A machine that can be programmed to manipulate symbols. Computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can store and retrieve large amounts of data. Most computers in use today are electronic digital computers (as opposed to analogue computers).
The physical components from which a computer is constructed are known as hardware, which can be of four types: CPU, memory, input devices and output devices.
The CPU (central processing unit) executes software programs which tell the computer what to do. Input and output (I/O) devices allow the computer to communicate with the user and the outside world. There are many kinds of memory or storage - fast, expensive, short term memory (e.g. RAM) to hold intermediate results, and slower, cheaper, long-term memory (e.g. magnetic disk and magnetic tape) to hold programs and data that are not being used immediately.
Computers today are often connected to a network (which may be part of the Internet). This allows them to be accessed from elsewhere and to exchange data with other computers.
(2018-06-25)