computation
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The Energy Department will invest more than $500 million over five years in lab measurement, modeling and computation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Many advanced deepfake detectors depend on enormous amounts of digital computation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Spikes in AI computation followed by rapid drop-offs are common, a fluctuation that puts significant strain on electricity-generation equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
To investigate how much computation a single neuron can perform, the researchers created a new method for measuring the computational complexity of individual brain cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 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
Liu also collaborated with William Goddard at Caltech on chemical computations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
Companies can tap its data centers by reserving graphics processing units, or GPUs—chips that accelerate the millions of computations required in AI training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
It took me a day and a half to complete my computations.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing computation
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Expressions and Equations
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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