Thesaurus results for COMPUTATIONS

computations

noun

plural of computation

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 Quantum computers also use computing gates that allow qubits to be shuffled between these states and to run computations in parallel. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026 This architecture is a step toward a single system that can accelerate both sparse and dense computations on the same silicon. —

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 Other milestones include higher qubit counts — which increase the potential size and complexity of problems a quantum computer can represent and help solve — and coherence times, which allow more reliable computations by reducing the impact of noise and errors. —

Dylan Butts,matthew Chin, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Super Micro makes high-performance computer servers that can accommodate hyper-advanced computations and processes needed for artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies. —

George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 However, until recently, these computations involved perfect mergers that always resulted in spheres instead of any other shapes. —

Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026

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Creative decisions will be replaced with financial calculations designed to maximize short-term cash generation rather than long-term franchise-building or artistic quality.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
These calculations are made possible with the help of a program in Google that allows businesses to bid on keywords.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026