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
While the most intense tasks may still need to be sent to the cloud for data center-level computations, most will no doubt be able to run locally, reducing latency and cost while increasing reliability, runtime, and security.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Allocating a team to redesign a standard interface block that has already been implemented elsewhere may be difficult to justify when differentiation lies at the system level, such as an inference chip’s ability to speed up neural network computations.
—Maysam Ghovanloo, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2026
The researchers’ figures would translate to a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of roughly 1.011, meaning nearly every watt drawn from the grid would go directly to computation rather than to cooling overhead.
—New Atlas, 20 May 2026
Investment must flow in the opposite direction: toward deeper computation, stronger governance, and richer modeling.
—Charlie Gottdiener, Fortune, 18 May 2026
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Allocating a team to redesign a standard interface block that has already been implemented elsewhere may be difficult to justify when differentiation lies at the system level, such as an inference chip’s ability to speed up neural network computations.
—Maysam Ghovanloo, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2026
The researchers’ figures would translate to a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of roughly 1.011, meaning nearly every watt drawn from the grid would go directly to computation rather than to cooling overhead.
—New Atlas, 20 May 2026
Investment must flow in the opposite direction: toward deeper computation, stronger governance, and richer modeling.
—Charlie Gottdiener, Fortune, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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Since 2022, regulators have already substantially scaled back the original Basel Endgame capital proposals, revised stress-testing transparency rules, reduced Supplementary Leverage Ratio requirements, and proposed removing Treasuries from SLR calculations.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Today, the calculation has changed.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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PennDOT is installing about $20,000 in safety improvements at a Delaware County intersection where a college math professor was killed while riding his bicycle six months ago.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Like any astronaut crew, the resume of each of these astronauts reads like a greatest hits list of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, training, including aviation in civilian and military contexts.—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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But none of that changes the fundamental arithmetic.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The arithmetic was straightforward.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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