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com⋅put⋅ing
[kuh
m-pyoo-ting] 
–noun
| 1. | the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations. |
| 2. | the act of calculating or reckoning. |
com⋅pute
[kuhm-pyoot] 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, count 1
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, count 1
Related forms:
com⋅put⋅a⋅ble, adjective
com⋅put⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
com⋅put⋅a⋅bly, adverb
com⋅put⋅ist [kuhm-pyoo-tist, kom-pyoo-] , noun
[kuhm-pyoo-tist, kom-pyoo-] , noun Synonyms:
1. estimate, count, figure.
1. estimate, count, figure.
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Link To computing
| com·pute (kəm-pyōōt') v. com·put·ed, com·put·ing, com·putes v. tr.
[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. |
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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