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How to pronounce compute in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
Type of reason
Has types average, average out, budget, capitalise, capitalize, deduct, differentiate, divide, estimate, extract, extrapolate, factor, factor in, factor out, fraction, gauge, guess, integrate, interpolate, judge, miscalculate, misestimate, multiply, process, quantise, quantize, recalculate, resolve, solve, subtract, survey, take off, prorate, add, add together, approximate
Verb group work out
Derivation computation, computer

Examples of compute

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The circuit can compute the square root of numbers up to 15, though very slowly.
From the latimes.com
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete.
From the jobview.monster.com
If Wolfram Alpha doesn't know how to compute your answer, it will simply say so.
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And what made that possible is the resizable compute capacity cloud we've built.
From the forbes.com
With that in mind, I asked if Nirvanix also plans to offer compute capabilities?
From the techcrunch.com
That is, compute the number of ways to distribute q quanta of energy among SHOs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That said, Map-Reduce is not the only important piece of compute infrastructure.
From the techcrunch.com
Therefore we can easily compute the infimum, using calculus and some logarithms.
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The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example.
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More examples
  • Calculate: make a mathematical calculation or computation
  • (computation) calculation: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
  • Compute! was an American computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994, though it can trace its origin to 1978 in Len Lindsay's PET Gazette, one of the first magazines for the Commodore PET computer . In its 1980s heyday Compute! ...
  • Computing, also known as computer science, is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer technology, computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology. ...
  • Computation is a general term for any type of process, algorithm or measurement; this often includes but is not limited to digital data. This includes phenomena ranging from human thinking to calculations with a more narrow meaning. ...
  • To reckon or calculate; To make sense
  • (computes) a personal computer, particularly the Macintosh SE that is used to perform astrological calculations and give the Meyers-Briggs personality test at Big Fun. ...
  • (Computation) Checking the arithmetical accuracy of source documents and accounting records, or performing independent calculations.
  • (Computation) Physical process with states that represent states of another system and with transitions between states that amount to operations on the representations.