computation
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AI workloads cause massive power demand spikes during computation, and a drop off as those computation results are gathered, according to a paper from Schneider Electric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Quantum entanglement is crucial for applications such as secure communication, ultra-precise sensing and high-performance computation," said Cheng Li, a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa in Canada.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The achievement reflects a broader transformation in neuroscience, where progress increasingly depends as much on engineering and computation as on biology.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Markets are not data puzzles to be “solved” by powerful computation.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The Fields Medal, regarded as the Nobel prize equivalent for mathematics, was handed out on Thursday in the US as human computations are increasingly challenged by AI.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He also wants to launch solar-powered orbital data centers that would perform AI computations in space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Under the hood, chatbots and the A.I. bots they power are nothing but a series of static math computations strung together in rapid succession.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
Inference refers to the types of computations required to allow an AI model to respond to user queries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
In 1865, nine years after Sikhdar’s computations had been confirmed, Waugh bestowed the name Mount Everest on Peak XV, in honor of Sir George Everest, his predecessor as surveyor general.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing computation
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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