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
Those costs, Adler said, include slowing down response times, increasing the number of computations and sometimes the model rejecting non-problematic requests.
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
To try to alleviate the situation, a startup is working on cutting the heat produced in computation by making computing reversible.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
Its researchers appeared to have replicated OpenAI’s reasoning breakthroughs using far less computation, allowing China to erase the gap in a competition the Silicon Valley experts hadn’t considered close.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
To explain the difference between electronic and his team’s optical computation, Zhang uses an analogy of package-sorting to explain the difference between electronic and optical computation.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
To try to alleviate the situation, a startup is working on cutting the heat produced in computation by making computing reversible.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
Its researchers appeared to have replicated OpenAI’s reasoning breakthroughs using far less computation, allowing China to erase the gap in a competition the Silicon Valley experts hadn’t considered close.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
To explain the difference between electronic and his team’s optical computation, Zhang uses an analogy of package-sorting to explain the difference between electronic and optical computation.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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But cynical calculation gives way to transformative sense of purpose and perhaps redemption.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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The city of Dallas’ Electrical Permit Checklist is publicly available, but electricians will typically submit the permit application on your behalf, along with a site plan, load calculations and their licensing credentials.—
Julianna Chen,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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But currency is a wildcard in the ranking math.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
29 Jan. 2026
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Maybe Napoleon was busy eating tater tots during math class.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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This arithmetic explains why AI is being treated as a recession strategy rather than a moonshot.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The cold arithmetic of politics suggests none of these options end well.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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