Meaning & use
computing
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The use, design, or study of computers and computer systems to process information.
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She studies computing at a technical university in Berlin.
Advances in quantum computing could transform how encryption works.
A note on using this word
Used both as a field of study and as the ongoing action of performing calculations.
Words with a similar meaning
computationdata processing
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Calculating or working something out, as the present participle of 'compute'.
The spreadsheet is still computing the totals for each column.
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