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Computation vs Computist - What's the difference?

computation | computist |

As nouns the difference between computation and computist

is that computation is the act or process of ; calculation; reckoning while computist is one who performs computations.

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) ----

    computist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who performs computations.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-08-08 , author = Charlotte Mulcare , title = The lost mathematicians: Numbers in the (not so) dark ages , site = plus.maths.org , url = http://plus.maths.org/content/lost-mathematicians-numbers-not-so-dark-early-middle-ages , accessdate = 2013-09-08 }}
    Despite the high acclaim and wide acceptance of Bede's work, centuries later, medieval computists' were still working on the same problem. Given the (relatively) confined scope of the mathematics involved, how did computus manage to remain such a core intellectual pursuit? In part, '''computists''' refined the basic model Bede had popularised. The introduction of a ''golden number'' in circa 1150 enabled ' computists to reference a given year's position in the 19-year cycle. It was calculated as (year number, divided modulo 19) + 1. By this reckoning, 2013/ 19, remainder 18; 18+1 = 19. Thus, 2013 is the 19th year in the 19-year cycle.
    (Webster 1913)