computed; computing
: to determine especially by mathematical means
Compute the area of the triangle.
1
: to make calculation : reckon
They compute by weight in selling grain.
2
: to use a computer
3
informal
: to make sense
No matter how you do the math, it will not work … . It simply does not compute.—
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Examples of compute in a Sentence
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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In 1950, at the dawn of the digital age, a book-length report on the computing technology of the time suggested a computing advantage for ternary.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Core Scientific will deliver an additional 112 megawatts of computing infrastructure to support CoreWeave’s operations.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
The emails appeared to show Musk acknowledging the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund the computing resources needed to power its AI ambitions, which stood in contrast to the claims in his lawsuit that OpenAI was wrongly pursuing profit.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
In short, while all the performance numbers were strong in a larger sense, the Aorus was all over the map in terms of computing performance versus this set of peers, so your mileage across specific tasks may vary.
—PCMAG, 25 July 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Core Scientific will deliver an additional 112 megawatts of computing infrastructure to support CoreWeave’s operations.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
The emails appeared to show Musk acknowledging the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund the computing resources needed to power its AI ambitions, which stood in contrast to the claims in his lawsuit that OpenAI was wrongly pursuing profit.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
In short, while all the performance numbers were strong in a larger sense, the Aorus was all over the map in terms of computing performance versus this set of peers, so your mileage across specific tasks may vary.
—PCMAG, 25 July 2024
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compute
verb
com·pute
kəm-ˈpyüt 
computed; computing
1
: to determine or calculate especially by mathematical means
also
: to determine or calculate by means of a computer
2
informal
: to make sense
computable
adjective
-ˈpyüt-ə-bəl
Etymology
from Latin computare "to count, compute" — related to account, count entry 1
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