computing definition

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
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Noun

computing (usually uncountable, plural computings)

(literally) The process or act of calculation.
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
The study of computers and computer programming.
This course will cover several major fields of computing.

Synonyms

(process or act of calculation): computation, reckoning; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Hyponyms

burst computing
cloud computing
edge computing
fog computing
grid computing
memcomputing

Derived terms

computing language

Related terms

Translations

calculation — see calculation

action of using a computer

Chinese:
Mandarin: 计算机应用
Dutch: computeren (nl), computergebruik (nl) n
Esperanto: komputado
Finnish: tietokoneen käyttö, tietojenkäsittely (fi)
French: utilisation d’un ordinateur f
German: EDV (de) f
Greek: υπολογίζοντας (el) (ypologízontas)
Indonesian: komputasi
Italian: utilizzo del computer
Japanese: コンピューティング
Portuguese: computação (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian: uporaba računala f
Spanish: computación (es) f

the study, field of computers and computer programming

Arabic: حَوْسَبَة‎ f (ḥawsaba)
Catalan: computació f, informàtica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 计算机编程 (jìsuànjī biānchéng)
Dutch: informatica (nl)
Finnish: tietojenkäsittelytiede (fi)
French: informatique (fr) f
Galician: informática (gl) f
Greek: πληροφορική (el) f (pliroforikí)
Hindi: संगणिकी f (saṅgṇikī)
Hungarian: számítástechnika (hu)
Indonesian: komputasi
Italian: informatica (it) f
Japanese: 計算機科学 (ja) (keisanki-kagaku)
Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រវិទ្យា (kompyuutoa vityie), គណិតូបករណ៍វិទ្យា (kak net tob kor vit tyea)
Macedonian: информатика f (informatika)
Norwegian: informatikk (no) m
Persian: انفورماتیک‎ (fa) (anformâtik)
Polish: informatyka (pl) f
Portuguese: informática (pt) f, computação (pt) f
Romanian: informatică (ro) f
Russian: информа́тика (ru) f (informátika)
Sindhi: ڳڻپيوڀياس‎ (sd) (ganpyubhiyaas)
Spanish: informática (es) f, computación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} komputili
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} computatorar
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} računarstvo (sh) n
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} kompütön

Verb

computing

present participle and gerund of compute

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