as in to calculate
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 compute
Anyone who has spent a career in and around tech will be aware of Moore's Law—the phenomenon observed by Gordon Moore in the 1960s that, as computing power increases, its cost decreases.
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Rupert Lee-Browne,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
To be sure, questions remain about Meta’s plan to sell access to computing power.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
As major cloud computing companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon rush to build data centers around the globe to power new AI models and systems, the price of computer equipment and memory specifically has been skyrocketing.
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Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Harris most recently served as the founder and CTO of Paradox Data, a computing infrastructure startup that Z Squared agreed to acquire a majority stake in earlier in June.
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John Kell,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
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Rupert Lee-Browne,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
To be sure, questions remain about Meta’s plan to sell access to computing power.
—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
As major cloud computing companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon rush to build data centers around the globe to power new AI models and systems, the price of computer equipment and memory specifically has been skyrocketing.
—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Harris most recently served as the founder and CTO of Paradox Data, a computing infrastructure startup that Z Squared agreed to acquire a majority stake in earlier in June.
—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
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The constellation would also brighten the night sky by up to 300 percent, Hanuit calculated.
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The parents allege that UC Davis included what was meant only to be an expense offset for the in-kind donations of horses in calculating the total cost of the equestrian program.
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There was success, attention, expectation - and underneath it, a girl still figuring herself out.
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Going back to the books, the cocoon periods after each tragedy were periods of vulnerability, figuring things out and trying to survive, and that’s incredibly satisfying to play.
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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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