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compute

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːt/

The English word “compute” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

  1. Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).

Etymology

Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

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