What is the difference between computation and computer?
computation | computer |
The act or process of ; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
* 1927 , J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays , page 173
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, page 116:
by restriction, a male computer, where the female computer is called a computress
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
As nouns the difference between computation and computer
is that computation is the act or process of ; calculation; reckoning while computer is .computation
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(en noun)Derived terms
* computationalSee also
* ("computation" on Wikipedia) ----computer
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(en noun)- Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer , disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- One Harvard computer , Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.