Compute
verb
To calculate or figure out (a number, amount, etc.) by mathematics or logical thinking.
They're computing the distances between the stars.
Often appears as...
- compute a total
- compute a sum
verb
To process or analyze data using a computer.
The computer was used to compute the business stats.
Often appears as...
- compute data
- computer analysis
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To calculate or figure out (a number, amount, etc.) by mathematics or logical thinking.
They're computing the distances between the stars.
Often appears as...
- compute a total
- compute a sum
verb
To process or analyze data using a computer.
The computer was used to compute the business stats.
Often appears as...
- compute data
- computer analysis
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Use
Used when discussing calculations or measurements in math, science, or daily life.
I had to compute the volume of the container for my science project.
Pro Tip 2/3Logical Thinking
Implies using reason or logic to figure something out, not just numbers.
Can you compute how many cars we need for the trip based on the number of passengers?
Pro Tip 3/3Not Guesswork
Suggests a precise process, not estimating or making a guess.
She computed the exact cost of the groceries, so there was no surprise at checkout.
Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Use
Used when discussing calculations or measurements in math, science, or daily life.
I had to compute the volume of the container for my science project.
Pro Tip 2/3Logical Thinking
Implies using reason or logic to figure something out, not just numbers.
Can you compute how many cars we need for the trip based on the number of passengers?
Pro Tip 3/3Not Guesswork
Suggests a precise process, not estimating or making a guess.
She computed the exact cost of the groceries, so there was no surprise at checkout.
Pro Tip 1/3Mathematical Use
Used when discussing calculations or measurements in math, science, or daily life.
I had to compute the volume of the container for my science project.
Pro Tip 2/3Logical Thinking
Implies using reason or logic to figure something out, not just numbers.
Can you compute how many cars we need for the trip based on the number of passengers?
Pro Tip 3/3Not Guesswork
Suggests a precise process, not estimating or making a guess.
She computed the exact cost of the groceries, so there was no surprise at checkout.
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Video examples
Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
I've done this because I believe mobile computing is the future of personal computing, and I'm trying to make the world a little bit better by working on these things. But this was, I admit, all an accident. I really didn't want to do any of these products. Very early in my career I decided I was not going to be in the computer industry. Before that, I just have to tell you
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Inside the ant colony -...
from solving the famous traveling salesman problem, to scheduling computing tasks and optimizing Internet searches, to enabling groups of robots to search a minefield or a burning building collectively, without any central control. But you can observe these fascinatingly simple, yet effective, processes directly through some simple experiments,
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
in our macroscopic world, like in quantum cryptography, so spies can send secure messages to each other, or quantum computing, for cracking secret codes. Everyday physics may start to look a bit more like the strange quantum world. Quantum teleportation may even progress so far, that one day your cat will escape to a safer galaxy,
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Elon Musk: A future...
I don't love being regulated, but I think this is an important thing for public safety. Let's come back to that. But I don't think many people have really sort of taken seriously the notion of, you know, a robot at home. I mean, at the start of the computing revolution, Bill Gates said there's going to be a computer in every home.
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Are we living in a...
If space and time are continuous, then even a tiny piece of the universe has infinite points and becomes impossible to simulate with finite computing power. So a simulation would have to represent space and time in very small pieces. These would be almost incomprehensibly tiny. But we might be able to search for them
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How the blockchain is...
I'd have to hack that block, plus all the preceding blocks, the entire history of commerce on that blockchain, not just on one computer but across millions of computers, simultaneously, all using the highest levels of encryption, in the light of the most powerful computing resource in the world
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
or computer or any other computing device is mathematics. It's all numbers at the bottom. Whether it's video or text or music or voice, it's all numbers, it's all, underlying it, mathematical functions happening, and Lovelace said, "Just because you're doing mathematical functions and symbols
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
we wanted to make it so that sound from the world gets converted in some way so that a deaf person can understand what is being said. And we wanted to do this, given the power and ubiquity of portable computing, we wanted to make sure that this would run on cell phones and tablets,
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Utopian Underwater...
and more powerful computing capabilities make it easier for humans to live under the sea or in space I strongly believe that man will once again set out to colonize the new worlds of space fast in the moon tomorrow innovative projects
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How do you build a...
on a supercomputer increases exponentially and it rapidly hits the age of the universe the prediction is that for a quantum computer the scaling is very different and it maintains its ability to compute this type of problem
Video examples
Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
I've done this because I believe mobile computing is the future of personal computing, and I'm trying to make the world a little bit better by working on these things. But this was, I admit, all an accident. I really didn't want to do any of these products. Very early in my career I decided I was not going to be in the computer industry. Before that, I just have to tell you
Video examples
Inside the ant colony -...
from solving the famous traveling salesman problem, to scheduling computing tasks and optimizing Internet searches, to enabling groups of robots to search a minefield or a burning building collectively, without any central control. But you can observe these fascinatingly simple, yet effective, processes directly through some simple experiments,
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
in our macroscopic world, like in quantum cryptography, so spies can send secure messages to each other, or quantum computing, for cracking secret codes. Everyday physics may start to look a bit more like the strange quantum world. Quantum teleportation may even progress so far, that one day your cat will escape to a safer galaxy,
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
I don't love being regulated, but I think this is an important thing for public safety. Let's come back to that. But I don't think many people have really sort of taken seriously the notion of, you know, a robot at home. I mean, at the start of the computing revolution, Bill Gates said there's going to be a computer in every home.
Video examples
Are we living in a...
If space and time are continuous, then even a tiny piece of the universe has infinite points and becomes impossible to simulate with finite computing power. So a simulation would have to represent space and time in very small pieces. These would be almost incomprehensibly tiny. But we might be able to search for them
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
I'd have to hack that block, plus all the preceding blocks, the entire history of commerce on that blockchain, not just on one computer but across millions of computers, simultaneously, all using the highest levels of encryption, in the light of the most powerful computing resource in the world
Video examples
John Graham-Cumming: The...
or computer or any other computing device is mathematics. It's all numbers at the bottom. Whether it's video or text or music or voice, it's all numbers, it's all, underlying it, mathematical functions happening, and Lovelace said, "Just because you're doing mathematical functions and symbols
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
we wanted to make it so that sound from the world gets converted in some way so that a deaf person can understand what is being said. And we wanted to do this, given the power and ubiquity of portable computing, we wanted to make sure that this would run on cell phones and tablets,
Video examples
Utopian Underwater...
and more powerful computing capabilities make it easier for humans to live under the sea or in space I strongly believe that man will once again set out to colonize the new worlds of space fast in the moon tomorrow innovative projects
Video examples
How do you build a...
on a supercomputer increases exponentially and it rapidly hits the age of the universe the prediction is that for a quantum computer the scaling is very different and it maintains its ability to compute this type of problem
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Lisa Su
Taiwanese Businesswoman
When I step back and look at what's important to AMD, it's about graphics leadership - visual computing leadership - as well as a strong computing experience. We have the capability to integrate those two together.
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Brian Krzanich
American Businessman
Data is going to be dynamic... and, combined with the performance of computing that allows for artificial intelligence to be applied, is going to bring all kinds of insights and additives to enhance everyday life.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it.
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Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
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Clifford Stoll
American Author
While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.
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Eric Schmidt
American Businessman
The computing world is very good at things that we are not. It is very good at memory.
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Pranav Mistry
Indian Scientist
We are looking for an era where computing will actually merge with the physical world.
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Kate Mulgrew
American Actress
Life is sacred to me on all levels. Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life.
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Thomas Hardiman
American Judge
Cloud computing is a fact of life.
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Lisa Su
Taiwanese Businesswoman
When I step back and look at what's important to AMD, it's about graphics leadership - visual computing leadership - as well as a strong computing experience. We have the capability to integrate those two together.
Quote examples
Brian Krzanich
American Businessman
Data is going to be dynamic... and, combined with the performance of computing that allows for artificial intelligence to be applied, is going to bring all kinds of insights and additives to enhance everyday life.
Quote examples
Kevin Kelly
American Editor
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it.
Quote examples
Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
Quote examples
Clifford Stoll
American Author
While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.
Quote examples
Eric Schmidt
American Businessman
The computing world is very good at things that we are not. It is very good at memory.
Quote examples
Pranav Mistry
Indian Scientist
We are looking for an era where computing will actually merge with the physical world.
Quote examples
Kate Mulgrew
American Actress
Life is sacred to me on all levels. Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.
Quote examples
Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life.
Quote examples
Thomas Hardiman
American Judge
Cloud computing is a fact of life.
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