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com·pu·ta·tion (kŏm'pyʊ-tā'shən) ![]() |
- The act or process of computing.
- A method of computing.
- The result of computing.
- The act of operating a computer.
computationally com'pu·ta'tion·al·ly adv.
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Having to do with calculations. Something that is "highly computational" requires a large number of calculations.
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noun
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Computation is a general term for any type of information processing. This includes phenomena ranging from human thinking to calculations with a more narrow meaning. Computation is a process following a well-defined model that is understood and can be expressed in an algorithm, protocol, network topology, etc. Computation is also a major subject matter of computer science: it investigates what can or cannot be done in a computational manner.
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Computation can be classified by at least three orthogonal criteria: digital vs analog, sequential vs parallel vs concurrent, batch vs interactive.
In practice, digital computation is often used to simulate natural processes (for example, Evolutionary computation), including those that are more naturally described by analog models of computation (for example, Artificial neural network). In this situation, it is important to distinguish between the mechanism of computation and the simulated model.
A computation can be seen as a purely physical phenomenon occurring inside a closed physical system called a computer. Examples of such physical systems include digital computers, quantum computers, DNA computers, molecular computers, analog computers or wetware computers. This point of view is the one adopted by the branch of theoretical physics called the physics of computation.
An even more radical point of view is the postulate of digital physics that the evolution of the universe itself is a computation - Pancomputationalism.
In the theory of computation, a diversity of mathematical models of computers have been developed. Typical mathematical models of computers are the following:
The word computation has an archaic meaning (from its Latin etymological roots), but the word has come back in use with the arising of a new scientific discipline: computer science.
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| Translations: Computation |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - beregning, udregning, kalkule
Nederlands (Dutch)
berekening, computergebruik
Deutsch (German)
n. - Berechnung
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπολογισμός, λογάριασμα, εκτίμηση
Italiano (Italian)
computo, calcolo, conto
Português (Portuguese)
n. - computação (f), cálculo (m)
Русский (Russian)
вычисления, результат
Español (Spanish)
n. - computación, cálculo, cómputo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beräkning, uträkning
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
计算, 计量, 计数
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 計算, 計量, 計數
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계산, 평가, 컴퓨터의 사용
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حساب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הערכה, חישוב
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