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Computing

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1 Etymology

1 noun

1.1 Translations

1.2 See also

Etymology

From Latin computare meaning to count or compute.

noun

action of using a computer, an electronic apparatus that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of information very quickly.
The study of computers and computer programming.
This course will cover several major fields of computing

Translations

Dutch: computeren, met de computer werken/spelen/bezig zijn
Esperanto: komputili
Interlingua: computatorar
Spanish: computar
Volapük: kompütön

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WordNet Definitions

The noun "computing" has two senses:

computing

The verb "compute" has one sense:

compute

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