computing

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/

Noun

computing (uncountable)

1. (literally) The process or act of calculation.
2. The use of a computer or computers.
3. The study, field of computers and computer programming.

   This course will cover several major fields of computing.

Synonyms

• (process or act of calculation) computation, reckoning; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Related terms

• computable
• computation
• computerize

Translations

• French: utilisation d'un ordinateur

Translations

• French: informatique
• Italian: informatica
• Portuguese: informática, computação
• Russian: информа́тика
• Spanish: informática, computación

Verb

1. present participle of compute#English|compute

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