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compute

verb
/kəmˈpjuːt/UK/kəmˈpjut/CA/kəmˈpjʉːt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

  1. derived from computō — “calculate, compute”
  2. borrowed from computer

Definitions

  1. To reckon, calculate.

    • Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
    • "When we have ascertained exactly how little will serve we shall be able to compute how long we shall be able to exist."

  2. To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a…

    To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)

    • Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?
    • And you'd feel an utter fool if, when you asked where the biscuit was, a message came out: "Biscuits do not compute. Your wife programmed your diet."

  3. Computational processing power.

    • The GPU does not have enough on-chip SRAM memory for the parameters, and doesn't have enough compute for the entire model.
    • Once you have the total, does it exceed the maximum amount of compute that can be served up in your vCenter environment? It is quite normal for users to consume everything you provide.
    • To change the amount of compute and memory, you can select a different DB Instance class of the database.

The neighborhood

Derived

computability, computable, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computist, computistic, computor, does not compute, hypercompute, precompute

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compute. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at compute. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at compute

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA