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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| from French ''computer'' or [[Latin]] ''computare'', from ''com''- ‘[[together]]’ + ''putare'' ‘to settle (an account). | | from French ''computer'' or [[Latin]] ''computare'', from ''com''- ‘[[together]]’ + ''putare'' ‘to settle (an account). |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : the act or [[action]] of computing : [[calculation]] | | *1a : the act or [[action]] of computing : [[calculation]] |
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| *2: a system of [[Accounting|reckoning]] | | *2: a system of [[Accounting|reckoning]] |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | '''Computation''' is any type of calculation or use of computing [[technology]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_processing information processing]. Computation is a [[process]] following a well-defined [[model]] understood and [[expressed]] as, for example, an [[algorithm]], or a protocol. Computation can be [[classified]] by mainly three unique criteria: digital versus analog, sequential versus parallel versus concurrent, batch versus interactive. | + | '''Computation''' is any type of calculation or use of computing [[technology]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_processing information processing]. Computation is a [[process]] following a well-defined [[model]] understood and [[expressed]] as, for example, an [[algorithm]], or a protocol. Computation can be [[classified]] by mainly three unique criteria: digital versus analog, sequential versus parallel versus concurrent, batch versus interactive. |
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− | In [[practice]], digital computation aids [[simulation]] of natural processes (for example, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_computation evolutionary computation]), including those that are naturally described by analog models of computation (for example, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network artificial neural network]). Otherwise, calculation is a term for the computation of [[numbers]], while computation is a wider reaching term for [[information]] processing in general.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computation] | + | In [[practice]], digital computation aids [[simulation]] of natural processes (for example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_computation evolutionary computation]), including those that are naturally described by analog models of computation (for example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network artificial neural network]). Otherwise, calculation is a term for the computation of [[numbers]], while computation is a wider reaching term for [[information]] processing in general.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computation] |
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| [[Category: Computer Science]] | | [[Category: Computer Science]] |