computing — com‧put‧ing [kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ] noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the activity of using a computer, or writing computer programs: • How are your computing skills? • She studied computing at college. • wireless mobile computing devices ˈgrid comˌputing …   Financial and business terms
 
computing — computing; su·per·computing; …   English syllables
 
computing — ► NOUN ▪ the use or operation of computers …   English terms dictionary
 
Computing — For the formal concept of computation, see computation. For the magazine, see Computing (magazine). For the scientific journal, see Computing (journal). A difference engine: computing the solution to a polynomial function …   Wikipedia
 
computing — noun 1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods • Syn: ↑calculation, ↑computation • Derivationally related forms: ↑computational (for: ↑computation), ↑compute …   Useful english dictionary
 
Computing π — Similarly, the more complex approximations of π given below involve repeated calculations of some sort, yielding closer and closer approximations with increasing numbers of calculations.Continued fractionsBesides its simple continued fraction… …   Wikipedia
 
computing — noun COMPUTING + NOUN ▪ skills ▪ power ▪ a hand held device that has as much computing power as many desktop PCs PREPOSITION ▪ in computing …   Collocations dictionary
 
computing — /keuhm pyooh ting/, n. 1. the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations. 2. the act of calculating or reckoning. [1640 50; COMPUTE + ING1] * * * (as used in expressions) Reduced Instruction Set Computing DNA computing quantum… …   Universalium
 
computing — com|put|ing [kəmˈpju:tıŋ] n [U] the use of computers as a job, in a business etc ▪ Have you ever done any computing? ▪ computing facilities for language research …   Dictionary of contemporary English
 
computing — /kəmˈpjutɪŋ/ (say kuhm pyoohting) noun 1. the science or study of the principles and uses of computers. 2. the field of computer technology: to have a job in computing. –adjective 3. relating to computers: computing skills …