computing

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/

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Verb

computing

1. present participle of compute

Noun

computing ‎(uncountable)

1. (literally) The process or act of calculation
2. Action of using (a) computer(s).
3. The study, field of computers and computer programming.

   This course will cover several major fields of computing.

Related terms

• computable
• computation
• computerize

Translations

calculation — see calculation

action of using a computer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 计算机应用

• Dutch: computeren (nl), computergebruik (nl) n

• Finnish: tietojenkäsittely (fi)
• Greek: υπολογίζοντας (el) ‎(ypologízontas)

the study, field of computers and computer programming

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 计算机编程

• Dutch: informatica (nl)
• Finnish: tietojenkäsittelytiede (fi)
• French: informatique (fr) f
• Greek: πληροφορική (el) f ‎(pliroforikí)
• Hungarian: számítástechnika (hu)
• Italian: informatica (it) f

• Japanese: 計算機科学 ‎(keisanki-kagaku)
• Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រវិទ្យា ‎(kompyuutoa vityie), គណិតូបករណ៍វិទ្យា ‎(kak net tob kor vit tyea)
• Macedonian: информатика f ‎(informatika)
• Persian: انفورماتیک (fa) ‎(anformâtik)
• Polish: informatyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: informática (pt) f, computação (pt) f
• Romanian: informatică (ro) f
• Russian: информа́тика (ru) f ‎(informátika)
• Sindhi: ڳڻپيوڀياس (sd) ‎(ganpyubhiyaas)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} računarstvo (sh) n
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} komputili
• French: computation, utilisation d'un ordinateur, informatique
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} computatorar

• Novial: ^{(please verify)} komputo, ^{(please verify)} komputatione
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} computación
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} kompütön

See also

• computer-aided design
• computer graphics
• computer language
• computer science