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
As chips become smaller, computations move from the realm of classical physics to that of quantum physics.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
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.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Petra Péterffy When doing sparse computations in software, modern CPUs may be a better alternative to GPU computation, because they are designed to be more flexible.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
The Thus processor is the world’s first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations.
—John Higgins, The Verge, 22 Apr. 2026
Amazon makes most of its money providing computations and storage in the cloud.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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
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
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
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.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Petra Péterffy When doing sparse computations in software, modern CPUs may be a better alternative to GPU computation, because they are designed to be more flexible.
—Olivia Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2026
Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
The Thus processor is the world’s first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations.
—John Higgins, The Verge, 22 Apr. 2026
Amazon makes most of its money providing computations and storage in the cloud.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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
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
Noun
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Lively’s lawyers must still submit billing records and fee calculations for court approval.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The calculations revealed the quark generalized parton distribution (GPD) of the pion.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Some of the studies are showing kids that maybe weren't as interested in maths now love maths.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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“Computations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computations. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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