as in calculations
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
we were able to divide the dinner bill fairly with a little computation
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Recent Examples of computations
After a year and 40 pages of dense computations, the trio posted their paper in July 2025.
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Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
Instead, consciousness is an outcome of information processing, and thus in principle it can be generated in any number of physical substrates so long as those substrates can support the requisite informational patterns, structures and computations.
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Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
Experts say that because chips perform the advanced computations required for frontier AI systems, cutting off access to the chips is crucial to prevent geopolitical rivals from using AI systems for military or economic purposes.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
This enables multiple simultaneous computations in a relatively simple way, with lower power requirements compared to conventional electronics.
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IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
The data centers performing the computations used in AI are creating a huge demand for electricity, which could be a strain on the power grid.
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Josh Boak,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
It is well known that quantum computers can rapidly solve computations that the fastest supercomputers might take decades to complete.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
While the most intense tasks may still need to be sent to the cloud for data center-level computations, most will no doubt be able to run locally, reducing latency and cost while increasing reliability, runtime, and security.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
Instead, consciousness is an outcome of information processing, and thus in principle it can be generated in any number of physical substrates so long as those substrates can support the requisite informational patterns, structures and computations.
—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
Experts say that because chips perform the advanced computations required for frontier AI systems, cutting off access to the chips is crucial to prevent geopolitical rivals from using AI systems for military or economic purposes.
—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
This enables multiple simultaneous computations in a relatively simple way, with lower power requirements compared to conventional electronics.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
The data centers performing the computations used in AI are creating a huge demand for electricity, which could be a strain on the power grid.
—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
It is well known that quantum computers can rapidly solve computations that the fastest supercomputers might take decades to complete.
—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
While the most intense tasks may still need to be sent to the cloud for data center-level computations, most will no doubt be able to run locally, reducing latency and cost while increasing reliability, runtime, and security.
—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computations
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Austria has just launched one of the world’s 100 fastest supercomputers, which is equipped with 1,088 Nvidia chips and can carry out 45,110 trillion calculations per second.
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The rare disruptions that insurance companies struggle to factor into their calculations aren’t so rare anymore, Oliver Bäte observes.
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As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
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Some of the studies are showing kids that maybe weren't as interested in maths now love maths.
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“Computations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computations. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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