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Added 9 October 2026

compute

/kəmˈpjuːt/ verb

In Latin: computō, calculō, supputō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about compute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To reckon, calculate.
Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
To make sense.
Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?

noun

Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).
The GPU does not have enough on-chip SRAM memory for the parameters, and doesn't have enough compute to run the entire model in real time.

Origin

17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

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