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computing

[kuhm-pyoo-ting] / kəmˈpyu tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregating completing concluding constituting producing reckoning summing
WEAK
adding up to consisting of
NOUN
accounting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bookkeeping
STRONG
auditing calculating reckoning
WEAK
balancing the books
NOUN
addition
Synonyms
STRONG
accretion counting reckoning summation
WEAK
accruing adding enlarging expanding increasing summing tabulating totaling toting
Antonyms
WEAK
decrease deduction lessening loss reduction shrinkage subtraction withdrawal
NOUN
computation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculation
STRONG
counting estimation figuring gauge guess reckoning
WEAK
ciphering data processing estimating summing totalling
Antonyms
WEAK
conjecture guesstimation
NOUN
totalization
Synonyms
WEAK
accretion accruing adding counting enlarging expanding increasing reckoning summation summing tabulating totaling toting

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If AI breakthroughs reduce computing needs, or if AI adoption disappoints the high hopes of investors, it’s terrible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Quantum computing will come next, he said, and “change everything again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

He added that when viewed from the longer-term history of computing and technology, “costs always fall due to economies of scale.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

This new approach integrates quantum computing into a specific stage of the AI training process.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

It essentially says computing power doubles every eighteen months to two years.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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