as in calculating
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 computing
Intel executives framed the launch as a decisive step toward making AI-native computing mainstream rather than niche.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Amazon This week’s first pick is e-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon (AMZN).
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
The Topix's gain was helped by the world's best-performing stock last year, a memory supplier called Kioxia, which surged 540%, just one sign of the AI boom's insatiable appetite for computing power.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
Its business is at the center of the AI economy—providing computing power to meet the voracious demand of the likes of Microsoft and OpenAI.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Google is building a data center on Australia’s remote Christmas Island off the coast of Indonesia, after inking a cloud-computing deal with Australia’s Department of Defense earlier this year, Reuters reported.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Among its prominent cloud computing customers was Saudi Aramco.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.
—Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Amazon This week’s first pick is e-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon (AMZN).
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
The Topix's gain was helped by the world's best-performing stock last year, a memory supplier called Kioxia, which surged 540%, just one sign of the AI boom's insatiable appetite for computing power.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
Its business is at the center of the AI economy—providing computing power to meet the voracious demand of the likes of Microsoft and OpenAI.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Google is building a data center on Australia’s remote Christmas Island off the coast of Indonesia, after inking a cloud-computing deal with Australia’s Department of Defense earlier this year, Reuters reported.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Among its prominent cloud computing customers was Saudi Aramco.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.
—Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computing
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Netflix has unveiled a complex methodology for calculating views on split seasons.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Leading protagonist McLusky has taken on the Russian mob, Aryan Brotherhood gangs and Columbian drug dealers, but Frank Moses is a smoother and more calculating criminal.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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Continue roasting, figuring about 15 minutes per pound.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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As soon as he's been figuring everything out, he's been texting the QB room.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Computing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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