compute.
To reckon, calculate.
Meaning & usage
To reckon, calculate.
Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.
Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).
The GPU does not have enough on-chip SRAM memory for the parameters, and doesn't have enough compute to run the entire model in real time.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.
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