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
The lucrative cloud computing world, dominated by Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet, has become more competitive since the arrival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT assistant in 2022.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The push comes as governments worldwide race to harness AI's economic potential while grappling with job disruption, regulation and the growing concentration of computing power in a few rich countries and companies.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The push comes as governments worldwide race to harness AI’s economic potential while grappling with job disruption, regulation and the growing concentration of computing power in a few rich countries and companies.
—Rajesh Roy, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Shevlane told me that Mantic is using its computing resources to experiment with more complex scaffoldings, which make use of even more models.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The performance gap between Chinese and US models, while not enormous, persists largely due to constraints on computing power and capital.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The company says the setup doubled training speed without increasing computing resources.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Meta and Google, whose profit mainly comes from digital advertising; Amazon, the largest online retailer and cloud-computing provider; and Microsoft, the biggest seller of business software, are each dominant in their industries and have ample cash cushions.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Growth in the cloud computing unit was the largest since the 28 percent increase seen in the third quarter of 2022.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The push comes as governments worldwide race to harness AI's economic potential while grappling with job disruption, regulation and the growing concentration of computing power in a few rich countries and companies.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The push comes as governments worldwide race to harness AI’s economic potential while grappling with job disruption, regulation and the growing concentration of computing power in a few rich countries and companies.
—Rajesh Roy, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Shevlane told me that Mantic is using its computing resources to experiment with more complex scaffoldings, which make use of even more models.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The performance gap between Chinese and US models, while not enormous, persists largely due to constraints on computing power and capital.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
The company says the setup doubled training speed without increasing computing resources.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Meta and Google, whose profit mainly comes from digital advertising; Amazon, the largest online retailer and cloud-computing provider; and Microsoft, the biggest seller of business software, are each dominant in their industries and have ample cash cushions.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Growth in the cloud computing unit was the largest since the 28 percent increase seen in the third quarter of 2022.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computing
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Powell, as Becket, is always thinking, deciding, calculating, and the actor lets that all show through.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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Different churches have found various ways of calculating the traditional 40 days of Lent, but the number itself is important.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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In a ruse that, for lack of a more astute reference point here, feels very Don Draper-coded, Rose poses as the dear male soldier who died next to her in battle, figuring why waste the deeds to perfectly decent land, or his name.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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Somehow, the guy known for not thinking much about results has a stealthy knack for figuring things out.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Computing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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