computing

present participle of compute

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Recent Examples of computing SpaceX and Nvidia are taking artificial intelligence beyond Earth, unveiling plans to build a satellite designed to perform advanced AI computing directly in orbit. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 Compared to their American counterparts, Chinese AI companies are at a massive disadvantage in computing power, a gap that has grown substantially since ChatGPT’s release. Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 However, Nvidia shares popped 4% after Musk said that SpaceX would only use Nvidia processors when building its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in the future. Sean Conlon,joseph Wilkins,lee Ying Shan,tobias Burns, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026 Due to its demand for computing power and related infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI) may initially be inflationary. David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Zuckerberg acknowledged the potential to generate additional revenue by renting its computing infrastructure to other companies, and confirmed that Meta has plans to get into the cloud business, promising an update soon. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026 The other is a $1 billion expansion to Google’s existing computing campus in LaGrange. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computing
Verb
  • Waterford’s zoning board rejected that plan, with some commissioners calculating it could have opened the door to as many as 1,500 apartments.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The judge will sort that out at an evidentiary hearing in September before calculating the final interest award.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The automaker is figuring the yen at 160 to the dollar for the full fiscal year.
    Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At the time of the trade, Abel was an almost perfect combination of big-league readiness and long-term upside — a first-round pick who seemed to be figuring things out in the upper levels.
    Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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“Computing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computing. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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