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computing

[kuhm-pyoo-ting] / kəmˈpyu tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregating completing concluding constituting producing reckoning summing
WEAK
adding up to consisting of
NOUN
accounting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bookkeeping
STRONG
auditing calculating reckoning
WEAK
balancing the books
NOUN
addition
Synonyms
STRONG
accretion counting reckoning summation
WEAK
accruing adding enlarging expanding increasing summing tabulating totaling toting
Antonyms
WEAK
decrease deduction lessening loss reduction shrinkage subtraction withdrawal
NOUN
computation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculation
STRONG
counting estimation figuring gauge guess reckoning
WEAK
ciphering data processing estimating summing totalling
Antonyms
WEAK
conjecture guesstimation
NOUN
totalization
Synonyms
WEAK
accretion accruing adding counting enlarging expanding increasing reckoning summation summing tabulating totaling toting

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The artificial intelligence gold rush is rapidly drying up the supply of the one resource that AI developers can’t do without: computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"At the end of the day, it's a math challenge. There is no unfair advantage from legacy technology like classical computing or something like that, so there is no reason to be shy."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

AI is using so much energy that computing firepower is running out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

OpenAI scrapped its Sora video-generation app in part to free up computing resources to power coding and enterprise products that would work on a new AI model, code-named Spud, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Carmen = Mom’s goddaughter/niece was not computing with Arturo + Carmen = sudden frying of intestines when I talked to her.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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