computation
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The company has seen strong orders from major technology firms for high-bandwidth memory -- a type of chip used in data centres and AI "accelerators", which are useful in carrying out demanding tasks and computation.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
There is a persistent belief in certain corners of the tech world that complex social problems can be eliminated through computation.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Still others argue the underlying assumption here may be mistaken—that consciousness may not be reducible to computation at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
If computers can replicate many aspects of reasoning, language and decision-making without exhibiting clear signs of awareness, that fact alone may reveal that consciousness is something more than computation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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
Vocabulary lists containing computation
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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