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
At Variety, Bolies will be the publication’s lead reporter for AI, delivering news, analysis and features about the biggest players in the AI industry and about how Hollywood is adapting to the rise of the most significant advancement in computing technology in a generation.
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William Earl, Variety, 26 May 2026
Those users aren’t equipped with advanced, expensive and sometimes esoteric computing hardware.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
In 2024, DeepMind researchers won a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for advances in computing protein structures.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
IonQ was one of the quantum computing companies that wasn't part of the Thursday announcement, but its stock still jumped more than 12% on the news.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 May 2026
The acquisition gave SoftBank a foothold in chip architecture, a critical layer of the computing supply chain.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026
Chinese firms, including Huawei, have also accelerated the development of domestic computing hardware in response to export restrictions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
They’re poised to snap up Nvidia’s chips and other computing products to support their own artificial intelligence ambitions.
—Ian King, Fortune, 20 May 2026
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
William Earl, Variety, 26 May 2026
Those users aren’t equipped with advanced, expensive and sometimes esoteric computing hardware.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
In 2024, DeepMind researchers won a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for advances in computing protein structures.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
IonQ was one of the quantum computing companies that wasn't part of the Thursday announcement, but its stock still jumped more than 12% on the news.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 May 2026
The acquisition gave SoftBank a foothold in chip architecture, a critical layer of the computing supply chain.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026
Chinese firms, including Huawei, have also accelerated the development of domestic computing hardware in response to export restrictions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
They’re poised to snap up Nvidia’s chips and other computing products to support their own artificial intelligence ambitions.
—Ian King, Fortune, 20 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computing
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To Brind’Amour, hockey maturity comes down to decision-making, foregoing hope plays for sure things, calculating risk on the fly and landing on the right side of that calculation more often than not.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Therefore, this fundamental constant is key to calculating the strength of gravity everywhere in the universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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The eternally optimistic Canales still seems bullish on Legette figuring things out, but a disappointing start to the season could land him on the trading block by October.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Meaning he’s gone from being on the verge of retiring to figuring this isn’t necessarily his last season.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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“Computing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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