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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]]
*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.
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]
[[Category: Computer Science]]
[[Category: Computer Science]]