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- verb Present participle of
compute . - noun literally The process or act of
calculation - noun Action of using (a)
computer (s). - noun The study, field of computers and
computer programming .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
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Just thinking about likely near-term innovations in computing is exciting, but slowly a longer-term vision is coming into focus.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Roland’s Sunday Smart Trends #121 2006
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The term computing machine, used increasingly from the 1920s, refers to any machine that does the work of a human computer, i.e., any machine that calculates in accordance with effective methods.
The Modern History of Computing Copeland, B. Jack 2006
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Note: The use of * here is similar to its use in computing, that is, as a ‘wildcard’.
Trans 101 2008
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Enterprise (public/private) cloud computing is REAL | Edge of the Cloud
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Cloud computing is just one of the enablers that could make this all possible.
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"The future of computing is about providing customers solutions from one vendor," Ellison said in a phone interview.
Tech CEOs try to predict who'll win tomorrow's tech race 2010
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Cloud computing is such a bad departure from one of the underlying concepts of the web that makes it so important and valuable.
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What Microsoft says about cloud computing is similar to what Polaroid executives (I used to work for Polaroid) used to say about digital photography.
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Cloud computing is poised to be … … read more (No Ratings Yet) Loading … [...]
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The other necessary item for clouds to enable seamless hybrid computing, is a layer of software built on top of the cloud so the user can run an application without worrying if the code is designed to run on the underlying processors.
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