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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley