compute — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To reckon, calculate.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?

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   Effulgence of my Glorie, Son belov’d, / Son in whoſe face inviſible is beheld / Viſibly, what by Deitie I am, / And in whoſe hand what by Decree I doe, / Second Omnipotence, two dayes are paſt, / Two dayes, as we compute the dayes of Heav’n, / Since Michael and his Powers went forth to tame / Theſe diſobedient[…]

   "When we have ascertained exactly how little will serve we shall be able to compute how long we shall be able to exist."

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   Coxhead (2000) computed that the AWL covered approximately 10% of the academic corpus from which it was derived[.]

2. To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)

   Usage

   • Informal
   • Intransitive

   Examples

   Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?

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   Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns the robot dryly).

   And you'd feel an utter fool if, when you asked where the biscuit was, a message came out: "Biscuits do not compute. Your wife programmed your diet."

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   Guitarist Chris Stein is also against defining the music. When he sees a reporter with a notebook backstage after a concert he does robot impersonations saying, 'What is punk rock? What is punk rock? Brurruph, burruph, does not compute.'

Noun

1. Computational processing power (number of operations per unit of time) or computational work (to be) done (number of operations).

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   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.

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   Once you have the total, does it exceed the maximum amount of compute that can be served up in your vCenter environment? It is quite normal for users to consume everything you provide.

   To change the amount of compute and memory, you can select a different DB Instance class of the database.

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   Compute, in many cases, is decoupled from the storage, making it easy to charge and pay for only what is consumed. It also becomes easy to scale up the compute when needed depending on the type of service.

Verb

1. make a mathematical calculation or computation

   Synonyms

   calculateciphercypherwork outreckonfigure

   Broader terms

   reason