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What is the difference between calculation and computing?

calculation | computing |

As nouns the difference between calculation and computing

is that calculation is (mathematics|uncountable) the act or process of calculating while computing is (literally) the process or act of calculation.

As a verb computing is

(compute).

calculation

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
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  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
  • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  • (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
  • Synonyms

    * (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

    Anagrams

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    computing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (literally) The process or act of calculation
  • Action of using (a) computer(s).
  • The study, field of computers and computer programming.
  • ''This course will cover several major fields of computing .

    See also

    * computer-aided design * computer graphics * computer language * computer science