computations

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 Longer lasting memory To demonstrate the architecture, the team successfully coupled the mechanical resonators with superconducting qubits and carried out quantum computations on the chip. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 The researchers noted these quantum computations could be encoded with less than 500,000 superconducting physical qubits, cracking 256-bit ECC in 18 to 23 minutes. IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026 After a year and 40 pages of dense computations, the trio posted their paper in July 2025. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026 Instead, consciousness is an outcome of information processing, and thus in principle it can be generated in any number of physical substrates so long as those substrates can support the requisite informational patterns, structures and computations. Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026 Experts say that because chips perform the advanced computations required for frontier AI systems, cutting off access to the chips is crucial to prevent geopolitical rivals from using AI systems for military or economic purposes. Jared Perlo, NBC news, 18 June 2026 The data centers performing the computations used in AI are creating a huge demand for electricity, which could be a strain on the power grid. Josh Boak, Fortune, 17 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computations
Noun
  • Third, instead of just instructing, provide AI with tools for specific tasks like calculations, as models don't gain capability from mere commands.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Ultimately, our intention is to build hardware that can perform the sorts of calculations where issues like this will matter.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 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
  • 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 Jul. 2026.

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