compute
Etymology 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō. Pronunciation Verb
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Etymology 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō. Pronunciation Verb
compute (computes, present participle computing; simple past and past participle computed)
- (transitive) To reckon, calculate.
- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗, lines 680–687:
- Effulgence of my Glorie, Son belov’d, / Son in whoſe face inviſible is beheld / Viſibly, what by Deitie I am, / And in whoſe hand what by Decree I doe, / Second Omnipotence, two dayes are paſt, / Two dayes, as we compute the dayes of Heav’n, / Since Michael and his Powers went forth to tame / Theſe diſobedient […]
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC ↗:
- "When we have ascertained exactly how little will serve we shall be able to compute how long we shall be able to exist."
- (intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
- Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?
- French: computer, calculer
- German: berechnen, rechnen, errechnen
- Italian: computare, elaborare, calcolare
- Portuguese: computar, calcular
- Russian: вычисля́ть
- Spanish: computar, calcular
compute (uncountable)
- (chiefly, cloud computing, informal) Computational processing power.
- The GPU does not have enough on-chip SRAM memory for the parameters, and doesn't have enough compute for the entire model.
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