computation
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The company’s chips are built for inference workloads, a form of computation that allows an AI model to respond to user queries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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
Even small amounts of electromagnetic noise can disrupt the fragile quantum states needed for computation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 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
When Dorothy and the other West Computers signed up for computation classes in the 1950s, they registered to attend at Hampton Institute.
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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