Dictionary.com

10 results for: Compute

HP Desktop Computers
Customize Your Own HP Desktop starting at $299.99. Free Shipping!
www.hpshopping.com
Sponsored Links
Computer
Desktop Computer Packages With LCD Monitors Starting At $399.97.
www.BestBuy.com
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
com·pute    Audio Help   [kuhm-pyoot] Pronunciation Key verb, -put·ed, -put·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
2.to determine by using a computer or calculator.
–verb (used without object)
3.to reckon; calculate.
4.to use a computer or calculator.
5.Informal. to make sense; add up: His reasons for doing that just don't compute.
–noun
6.computation: outer space that is vast beyond compute.
[Origin: 1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1580–90 for def. 6; (v.) < L computāre, equiv. to com- com- + putāre to think; (n.) late ME < MF < LL computus calculation, number, n. deriv. of computāre; cf. putative, count1]

—Related forms
com·put·a·ble, adjective
com·put·a·bil·i·ty, noun
com·put·a·bly, adverb
com·put·ist    Audio Help   [kuhm-pyoo-tist, kom-pyoo-] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. estimate, count, figure.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Rave Computer
System Integration & Customization using best-of-breed products
www.rave.com/SOLUTIONS
Sponsored Links
Computer
Desktop PCs for Business and more. The Right Technology. Right Away.™
www.CDW.com
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Compute

To learn more about Compute visit Britannica.com

© 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Computer
PC World Reviews, Price Comparisons Lenovo 3000 & ThinkPads
PCWorld.com
Sponsored Link
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
com·pute    Audio Help   (kəm-pyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   com·put·ed, com·put·ing, com·putes

v.   tr.
  1. To determine by mathematics, especially by numerical methods: computed the tax due. See Synonyms at calculate.
  2. To determine by the use of a computer.

v.   intr.
  1. To determine an amount or number.
  2. To use a computer.
  3. Informal To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: Your alibi doesn't compute.

n.   Computation: amounts beyond compute.


[French computer, from Old French, from Latin computāre : com-, com- + putāre, to reckon; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots. N., Late Latin computus, from Latin computāre, to compute.]

com·put'a·bil'i·ty n., com·put'a·ble adj.
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
compute 
1631, from Fr. computer, from L. computare "to count, sum up," from com- "with" + putare "to reckon," orig. "to prune." Computer used for person, 1646; mechanical calculating machine, 1897; and electronic machine, 1946 or 1941. In the modern meaning, "programmable digital electronic computer" is from 1945 (theoretical sense is from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) is usually considered the first. Computerese first recorded 1960.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source
compute

verb
make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
compute [kəmˈpjuːt] verb
to calculate or estimate
Arabic: يَحْسِب، يُقَدِّر
Chinese (Simplified): 计算
Chinese (Traditional): 計算
Czech: (vy)počítat, odhadnout
Danish: beregne; udregne
Dutch: berekenen
Estonian: arvutama
Finnish: laskea
French: calculer
German: berechnen
Greek: υπολογίζω
Hungarian: (ki)számít
Icelandic: reikna (út)
Indonesian: menghitung
Italian: computare, calcolare
Japanese: 計算する
Korean: 계산하다
Latvian: rēķināt; novērtēt
Lithuanian: (ap)skaičiuoti
Norwegian: beregne, anslå
Polish: liczyć, obliczać
Portuguese (Brazil): computar, calcular
Portuguese (Portugal): calcular
Romanian: a calcula
Russian: вычислять
Slovak: vypočítať; odhadnúť
Slovenian: računati
Spanish: computar, calcular
Swedish: beräkna, kalkylera
Turkish: hesaplamak
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Compute

Cal"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calculater; p. pr. & vb. n. Calculating.] [L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx.]

1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. --North.

2. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

A cunning man did calculate my birth. --Shak.

3. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

[Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit. --Abp. Tillotson.

4. To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.]

Syn: To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate.

Usage: To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. "Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives" --Crabb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Compute

Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton.

What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns.

Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Compute

Com*pute"\, n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Compute

Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.]

1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

Who can count the dust of Jacob? --Num. xxiii. 10.

In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. --Macaulay.

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 3.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak.

To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]

Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web

Perform a new search, or try your search for "Compute" at: