computing
noun/kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
Etymology By surface analysis, compute + -ing.
1
Literally, Usually The process or act of calculation.
2
Usually The use of a computer or computers.
- Home computing includes children accessing information for educational purposes, parents accessing information for recreational purposes, users working from home, retired people 'silver surfers' that use computers for keeping in touch via e-mail, the Internet and through possible on-line clubs and societies.2007, Sharon Yull, BTEC First ICT Practitioners:
3
Usually The study of computers and computer programming.
- This course will cover several major fields of computing.
- Synonyms
- computation, reckoning
- Derived terms
- computing language, noncomputing, spatial computing
- Related terms
- computable, computation, computerize
- Hyponyms
28 terms
advanced computing, affective computing, biocomputing, burst computing, cloud computing, dew computing, distributed computing, edge computing, fog computing, geocomputing, grid computing, home computing, memcomputing, mesh computing, microcomputing, minicomputing, nanocomputing, neurocomputing, parallel computing, quantum computing, reservoir computing, retrocomputing, scientific computing, supercomputing, telecomputing, thin computing, ubiquitous computing, utility computing