as in calculations
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 computations
Each Turing machine performs computations in discrete steps according to a unique list of simple rules.
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
Many researchers believe that consciousness is nothing more than the complexity of neural computations.
—Adam Frank, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
That single value app is presented with a user interface, an appropriate level of backend infrastructure provisioning (to handle computations, input/output of data, external API connects and so on) and a database service.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
According to this view, if an AI system mimics to a certain degree the computations that give rise to consciousness in the human brain — and so replicates how the brain processes information — that would be one clue that the system might be conscious.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Quantum systems are susceptible to noise, which can introduce errors in computations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
Louisiana's corrections department has used the same system to track people in its custody, process time computations, and calculate release dates since 1991, according to court filings.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Quantum computing could radically change our world thanks to its ability to perform computations in a few hours, which would take the fastest supercomputers decades to complete.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
The Integration Of Quantum Computers Early fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of performing computations beyond the capability of the most powerful supercomputers will become a reality within the next five years.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
Many researchers believe that consciousness is nothing more than the complexity of neural computations.
—Adam Frank, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
That single value app is presented with a user interface, an appropriate level of backend infrastructure provisioning (to handle computations, input/output of data, external API connects and so on) and a database service.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
According to this view, if an AI system mimics to a certain degree the computations that give rise to consciousness in the human brain — and so replicates how the brain processes information — that would be one clue that the system might be conscious.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Quantum systems are susceptible to noise, which can introduce errors in computations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
Louisiana's corrections department has used the same system to track people in its custody, process time computations, and calculate release dates since 1991, according to court filings.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Quantum computing could radically change our world thanks to its ability to perform computations in a few hours, which would take the fastest supercomputers decades to complete.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
The Integration Of Quantum Computers Early fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of performing computations beyond the capability of the most powerful supercomputers will become a reality within the next five years.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computations
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The way to avoid these limitations isn’t to abandon quantum field theory, but rather to go beyond the perturbative approach of Feynman diagrams, and to perform the full analytic calculations demanded by the underlying quantum field theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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Russell and his colleagues did some calculations and found that solar flares could actually be over 100 million degrees Fahrenheit, and quite possibly hotter.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Replicating those buffers of points in the bag before the turn of the year would put Leeds ahead of the maths and perhaps turn their springtime fixtures into a matter of consolidation rather than a scramble for survival.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The only problem is, economists can’t quite figure out his maths.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Computations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computations. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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