as in to calculate
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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Recent Examples of compute
Oracle — The cloud computing stock surged nearly 9% after fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat analyst estimates.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Resource Efficiency - Many advanced AI systems are now designed to optimize their use of computing power.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The bill paid for an upgrade of the NSFNET backbone, as well as a separate funding initiative for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
NCSA, based out of the University of Illinois, became a dream location for computing research.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
This unchecked growth and unjustified techno-optimism comes with incredible environmental consequences, including expanding demand for computing power, larger carbon footprints, shifts in patterns of electricity and water demands and an accelerated depletion of natural resources.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Resource Efficiency - Many advanced AI systems are now designed to optimize their use of computing power.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The bill paid for an upgrade of the NSFNET backbone, as well as a separate funding initiative for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
NCSA, based out of the University of Illinois, became a dream location for computing research.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
This unchecked growth and unjustified techno-optimism comes with incredible environmental consequences, including expanding demand for computing power, larger carbon footprints, shifts in patterns of electricity and water demands and an accelerated depletion of natural resources.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compute
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Using statistical methods, the researchers calculated 6,029 excess deaths in the most permissive states between 2011 and 2023, compared with the number of deaths that would have been expected under the states’ pre-McDonald rules.—
Tribune News Service,
Twin Cities,
21 June 2025
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To Lawson-Remer, the scenario underscores the need to bring in more revenue and change how the county calculates its reserves, freeing up existing cash.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Thomas is a restricted free agent, but that distinction borders on irrelevant in a market where nobody else has cap space, and Thomas figures to make more than the nontaxpayer MLE. 3.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The infield figures to get complicated as well when Alex Bregman returns.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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