computation
pronunciation
How to pronounce computation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmpjuˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce computation in American English:
US [ˌkɑmpjuˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Word Origin
- computation (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French computation, from Latin computationem (nominative computatio), noun of action from past participle stem of computare "to sum up, reckon, compute" (see compute).
Example
- 1. The emphasis ismore on computation than on theory .
- 2. In computation there is no analog of distance .
- 3. A memcache api to cache expensive data structures or computation results
- 4. Over a series of posts , I have been discussing various patterns for structured parallel computation .
- 5. What if network design were based on another assumption - that computation and bandwidth were cheap and plentiful ?