Meaning

3 senses
  1. (literally, uncountable, usually)The process or act of calculation.

  2. (uncountable, usually)The use of a computer or computers.

    EDV

  3. (uncountable, usually)The study of computers and computer programming.

    This course will cover several major fields of computing.

    Informatik, Computerei

    информа́тикаinformátika

More definitions
  • the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
  • the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

Examples

22 sentences
  1. What's cloud computing?

    ruЧто такое облачные вычисления?

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  2. He knows computing, nothing escapes him.

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  3. She masters computing, nothing is hidden from her.

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  4. Open source projects are the future of computing.

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  5. Boys are more interested in engineering and computing than girls.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the study, field of computers and computer programming:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
action of using a computer:
the study, field of computers and computer programming:

Origin

By surface analysis, compute + -ing.

By surface analysis, compute + -ing.

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Forms

plural: computings
Singularcomputing

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
process or act of calculation:computation
Close in meaning
  • the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures:computer science
  • the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods:calculationcomputation

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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