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
As the development of AI accelerates, so will the demand for computing power from companies aside from the hyperscalers, all hungry for the services of providers like CoreWeave.
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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
What To Know The electricity and computing power needed to run AI systems are dependent on an abundance of resources, including computer chips, energy, cooling, data storage, cybersecurity and other needs.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In a Tuesday note, the bank maintained its buy rating on the cloud computing stock and raised its price target to $192 per share from $164.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 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
The exhibition positions the advent of computing as a process that eradicates any separation between fine art and craft.
—Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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
What To Know The electricity and computing power needed to run AI systems are dependent on an abundance of resources, including computer chips, energy, cooling, data storage, cybersecurity and other needs.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In a Tuesday note, the bank maintained its buy rating on the cloud computing stock and raised its price target to $192 per share from $164.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 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
The exhibition positions the advent of computing as a process that eradicates any separation between fine art and craft.
—Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computing
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Dek and Thia become an unlikely team, as Thia tracks down her lower body and the cold, calculating Tessa, and, in doing so, uncovers a sinister plot to capture and study extra-terrestrial wildlife, a trope instantly familiar from the Alien universe.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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In that case, the administration has said calculating partial payments is a logistical nightmare that could take time to arrange in the middle of a shutdown.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Though the Raptors must develop players behind and in support of their stars, this version of the team doesn’t work without those stars figuring this out.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Two returnees figuring prominently in the rotation are juniors Aidan Burke (a 6-3 guard) and Cade Pendleton (a 6-10 forward).—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Computing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computing. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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