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What is the difference between computation and computing?

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Computing is a related term of computation.



As nouns the difference between computation and computing

is that computation is the act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning while computing is the process or act of calculation.

As a verb computing is

present participle of lang=en.

computation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of ; calculation; reckoning.
  • The result of computation; the amount computed.

    • Derived terms

    * computational

    See also

    * ("computation" on Wikipedia) ----

    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 .

    Related terms

    * computable * computation * computerize

    See also

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