"computing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-computing.ogg Forms: computings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} computing (usually uncountable, plural computings)
  1. (literally) The process or act of calculation. Tags: literally, uncountable, usually Synonyms (process or act of calculation): computation
    Sense id: en-computing-en-noun-9pSksWpW Disambiguation of 'process or act of calculation': 99 0 1
  2. The use of a computer or computers. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (action of using a computer): 计算机应用 (Chinese Mandarin), computeren (Dutch), computergebruik [neuter] (Dutch), komputado (Esperanto), tietokoneen käyttö (Finnish), tietojenkäsittely (Finnish), utilisation d’un ordinateur [feminine] (French), EDV [feminine] (German), υπολογίζοντας (ypologízontas) (Greek), מִחְשׁוּב (mikhshúv) [masculine] (Hebrew), komputasi (Indonesian), utilizzo del computer (Italian), コンピューティング (Japanese), computação [feminine] (Portuguese), uporaba računala [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), computación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-computing-en-noun-Gk1fgmE- Disambiguation of 'action of using a computer': 2 72 27
  3. The study of computers and computer programming. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing Translations (the study, field of computers and computer programming): حَوْسَبَة (ḥawsaba) [feminine] (Arabic), computació [feminine] (Catalan), informàtica [feminine] (Catalan), 计算机编程 (jìsuànjī biānchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), informatica (Dutch), tietojenkäsittelytiede (Finnish), informatique [feminine] (French), informática [feminine] (Galician), πληροφορική (pliroforikí) [feminine] (Greek), संगणिकी (saṅgṇikī) [feminine] (Hindi), számítástechnika (Hungarian), komputasi (Indonesian), informatica [feminine] (Italian), 計算機科学 (keisanki-kagaku) (Japanese), កុំព្យូទ័រវិទ្យា (kompyuutoa vityie) (Khmer), គណិតូបករណ៍វិទ្យា (kak net tob kor vit tyea) (Khmer), информатика (informatika) [feminine] (Macedonian), informatikk [masculine] (Norwegian), انفورماتیک (anformâtik) (Persian), informatyka [feminine] (Polish), informática [feminine] (Portuguese), computação [feminine] (Portuguese), informatică [feminine] (Romanian), информа́тика (informátika) [feminine] (Russian), ڳڻپيوڀياس (ganpyubhiyaas) (Sindhi), informática [feminine] (Spanish), computación [feminine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reckoning, calculation Derived forms: computing language, spatial computing Related terms: computable, computation, computerize

Verb

IPA: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-computing.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} computing
  1. present participle and gerund of compute Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: compute
    Sense id: en-computing-en-verb-SVwJIMpB

Inflected forms

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