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| − | '''Computation''' is any type of calculation that follows a well-defined [[conceptual model]] which is understood and expressed as an [[algorithm]], protocol, etc. | + | '''Computation''' is any type of calculation that follows a well-defined [[conceptual model]] which is understood and expressed as an [[algorithm]], [[communications protocol]], etc. |
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Revision as of 08:57, 24 April 2016
Computation is any type of calculation that follows a well-defined conceptual model which is understood and expressed as an algorithm, communications protocol, etc.
Calculation and computation
Calculation is a term for the computation of numbers.
Computation is a wider reaching term for information processing in general.
Computer science
The study of computation is paramount to the discipline of computer science.
See also
- Algorithm
- Calculation
- Computational design
- Computer
- Computer science
- Computing
- Conceptual model
- Data (computing)
- Electricity
- Information
- Information processing
External links
- Computation @ Wikipedia
