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compute.

To reckon, calculate.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kəmˈpjuːt/Received-Pronunciation/kəmˈpjut/Canada, General-American/kəmˈpjʉːt/Australia, New-Zealand/kəmˈpjʉt/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. To reckon, calculate.

    transitive
    Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
  2. To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)

    informal · intransitive
    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.

noun/kəmˈpjuːt/Received-Pronunciation/kəmˈpjut/Canada, General-American/kəmˈpjʉːt/Australia, New-Zealand/kəmˈpjʉt/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).

    uncountable
    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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