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computation

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


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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

Over time, researchers may find ways to make models more efficient, reduce the amount of computation required, or change model architectures in ways that bend the cost curve meaningfully lower.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Importantly, we don’t identify the computation itself – there is science yet to be done.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Markets are not data puzzles to be “solved” by powerful computation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

When Langley sponsored a series of computation courses to be held after work and on weekends, Dorothy wasted no time enrolling.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

He also wants to launch solar-powered orbital data centers that would perform AI computations in space.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Under the hood, chatbots and the A.I. bots they power are nothing but a series of static math computations strung together in rapid succession.

From Slate May 25, 2026

The new device is known as a memristor, a nanoscale component that can both store data and perform computations.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

But its very simplicity and the great ease which it lent to all computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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