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computation

[kom-pyoo-tay-shuhn] / ˌkɒm pjʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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At the same time, the added structure allows errors to be detected during the quantum computation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

AI workloads cause massive power demand spikes during computation, and a drop off as those computation results are gathered, according to a paper from Schneider Electric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Quantum entanglement is crucial for applications such as secure communication, ultra-precise sensing and high-performance computation," said Cheng Li, a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa in Canada.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The achievement reflects a broader transformation in neuroscience, where progress increasingly depends as much on engineering and computation as on biology.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The noble and This 1501 print shows two kinds of computation.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Even so, some have already outgrown those computations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Fields Medal, regarded as the Nobel prize equivalent for mathematics, was handed out on Thursday in the US as human computations are increasingly challenged by AI.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

South Korea’s market is led by twin chip giants, Samsung and SK Hynix, which dominate the production of two leading types of memory chips for AI computations and data storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

This is a model that abstracts away from anatomical detail to focus on the core computations done by simple brains.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

It took me a day and a half to complete my computations.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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