as in to calculate
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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Recent Examples of compute
The new safety belt uses computing technology to pair its digital footprint with sensors inside the vehicle that meshes real-time data with information from the outside and inside of the vehicle to better protect Volvo vehicle occupants.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
And the nanolithography system ultimately has a more useful purpose – developing a new generation of computing devices.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2025
Brad Bourque is a contributor for WIRED with a focus on computing hardware and peripherals.
—Brad Bourque, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Or later? Knowing how the brain computes things might provide a shortcut.
—Dobromir Rahnev, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
And the nanolithography system ultimately has a more useful purpose – developing a new generation of computing devices.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2025
Brad Bourque is a contributor for WIRED with a focus on computing hardware and peripherals.
—Brad Bourque, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Or later? Knowing how the brain computes things might provide a shortcut.
—Dobromir Rahnev, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Key applications include improving efficiency, calculating value at risk and modeling market dynamics for traders.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Marc: The beginning — when the titular character is crying, and then immediately switches from sobbing into the camera to being this cold and calculating person.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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Losers, despite Wilken’s ruling, figure to be at least some of the walk-ons and partial scholarship athletes whose spots are gone.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
7 June 2025
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To figure that amount, ask your employees to complete Form W-4.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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