Associations to the word «Computation»

Wiktionary

COMPUTATION, noun. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
COMPUTATION, noun. The result of computation; the amount computed.
COMPUTATION HISTORY, noun. (computer science) a sequence of steps taken by an abstract machine in the process of computing its result.
COMPUTATION TREE LOGIC, noun. (computer science) A particular modal logic of branching time with operators "next", "globally", "finally" or "eventually", "until", and "weak until".

Dictionary definition

COMPUTATION, noun. The procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
COMPUTATION, noun. Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.

Wise words

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