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com⋅put⋅ing

  [kuhm-pyoo-ting]
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–noun
1. the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations.
2. the act of calculating or reckoning.
Origin:
1640–50; compute + -ing 1
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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

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

Synonyms:
1. estimate, count, figure.
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com·pute   (kəm-pyōōt')   
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.
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Word Origin & History

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
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computing
computer

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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