computing
English
editEtymology
editBysurface analysis,compute +-ing.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcomputing (usuallyuncountable,pluralcomputings)
- (literally) The process or act ofcalculation.
- The use of acomputer or computers.
- 2007, Sharon Yull,BTEC First ICT Practitioners:
- Homecomputing includes children accessing information for educational purposes, parents accessing information for recreational purposes, users working from home, retired people 'silver surfers' that use computers for keeping in touch via e-mail, the Internet and through possible on-line clubs and societies.
- The study of computers andcomputer programming.
- This course will cover several major fields ofcomputing.
Synonyms
edit- (process or act of calculation):computation,reckoning; see alsoThesaurus:calculation
Hyponyms
edit- advanced computing
- affective computing
- biocomputing
- burst computing
- cloud computing
- dew computing
- distributed computing
- edge computing
- fog computing
- geocomputing
- grid computing
- home computing
- memcomputing
- mesh computing
- microcomputing
- minicomputing
- nanocomputing
- neurocomputing
- parallel computing
- quantum computing
- reservoir computing
- retrocomputing
- scientific computing
- supercomputing
- telecomputing
- thin computing
- ubiquitous computing
- utility computing
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editRelated terms
Translations
editcalculation—seecalculation
action of using a computer
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the study, field of computers and computer programming
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