computing
the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations.
the act of calculating or reckoning.
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Whether you’re into cloud computing or running shoes, it makes a difference.
A comprehensive guide on using Google Trends for keyword research | Aayush Gupta | February 12, 2021 | Search Engine WatchFor our part, IBM provides the 24-million-person developer community access to the same technology being used by our enterprise clients, including our open hybrid cloud platform, AI, blockchain and quantum computing.
Although computing prowess has doubled every year and half to two years—known colloquially as “Moore’s law”—recent observations show that it may be on its last legs.
This ‘Quantum Brain’ Would Mimic Our Own to Speed Up AI | Shelly Fan | February 9, 2021 | Singularity HubMost of the headline-grabbing progress on quantum computing so far has been led by companies like Google and IBM who are trying to build massive, cryogenically-cooled quantum supercomputers that take up entire basements.
Connecting Distant Qubits Just Brought Distributed Quantum Computing Closer | Edd Gent | February 8, 2021 | Singularity HubJassy’s Amazon career is defined by his leading Amazon into a wholly new market, cloud computing, a business the company has come to dominate just as aggressively as it leads in the world of e-commerce.
Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, transitioning to executive chair role | Jay Greene, Tony Romm | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
In his 1950 paper “computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Turing asked, “Can machines think?”
The AI That Wasn’t: Why ‘Eugene Goostman’ Didn’t Pass the Turing Test | Elizabeth Lopatto | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAugmented reality has been a staple of science fiction since the dawn of computing.
Augmented Reality System Goes From Military to Market | Rose Eveleth | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA look at what to expect in telecom and computing for the coming year.
Prior to joining i2, Mr. Griffin was President and CEO of the Knowledge computing Corporation.
The accelerating power of computing processing underlies much of the progress.
The earnings of a workman are the basis for computing the amount of compensation he is to receive for an injury.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesLong division ought to be easy and interesting for a child who knew that it was something used in computing batting averages.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounWe heard some mathematical member of the company computing the number of years of missionary service the family had rendered.
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsWhether you have raised the poultry yourself or have purchased it in the market, use the market price in computing your costs.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWe have no basis for computing the ages that shall be requisite to make amends there for wanton failure here.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays | James E. Talmage
British Dictionary definitions for computing
/ (kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ) /
the activity of using computers and writing programs for them
the study of computers and their implications
of or relating to computers: computing skills
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