computation
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Computation in the brain is not abstract symbol manipulation.
From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025
The 116,000-square-foot building — officially named the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall — opened in September.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
"Computation" in this case refers to the numerical calculations that were done in the course of testing an implosion method for creating a more efficient nuclear bomb.
From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2023
Earlier this year, Google presented a paper at the Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing.
From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2019
Accordingly, Langley centralized its computing operations into a group named the Analysis and Computation Division, created to service all the center’s research operations, as well as to provide computing to outside contractors.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing computation
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Expressions and Equations
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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