computing
Machines crunching numbers
Computing is the use of computers to process information, solve problems, or perform calculations.
The term covers both the activity and the field: She works in computing, cloud computing has transformed how businesses store data.
Computing power refers to a machine's capacity for processing: The simulation required massive computing power.
Small amount or portion
- byteDigital information unit
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
- logic gateBinary operation circuit
- ANDLogical both-true gate
OR · XOR · truth table · machine code · assembly · hexadecimal · bitwise · binary arithmetic
Main computing chip
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
- RAMTemporary data storage hardware
- GPUVisual processing hardware
SSD · HDD · transistor · semiconductor · circuitry · silicon · microprocessor · firmware
Symbolic communication system
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- variableProne to fluctuation
- functionPurpose or duty
- loopCurve closing on itself
conditional · class · object · method · parameter · array · library · module
Computational analysis of genetic data
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- weather modelingPredicting climate mathematically
- financial modelingMathematical business performance representation
Organized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- processingSystematic operation on data
SQL · query · repository · backup · encryption · filesystem · indexing · retrieval
Arranging into sequence
- searchingLooking to find
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- recursionProcess invoking itself
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
complexity · efficiency · heuristic · pathfinding · greedy · polynomial · linear · quadratic
Near but inexact value
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- regressionReturn to former state
- finite elementNumerical method using subdivisions
floating-point · differential equations · Monte Carlo · iteration · precision · rounding · simulation
bit
Small amount or portion
- byteDigital information unit
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
- logic gateBinary operation circuit
AND · OR · XOR · truth table · machine code · assembly · hexadecimal · bitwise · binary arithmetic · floating-point
CPU
Main computing chip
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
- RAMTemporary data storage hardware
GPU · SSD · HDD · transistor · semiconductor · circuitry · silicon · microprocessor · firmware · peripheral
code
Symbolic communication system
loop · conditional · class · object · method · parameter · array · library · module · API
bioinformatics
Computational analysis of genetic data
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- weather modelingPredicting climate mathematically
financial modeling · robotics · natural language processing · CAD · rendering
database
Organized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
processing · SQL · query · repository · backup · encryption · filesystem · indexing · retrieval · structured
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- searchingLooking to find
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- recursionProcess invoking itself
iteration · complexity · efficiency · heuristic · pathfinding · greedy · polynomial · linear · quadratic · pseudocode
approximation
Near but inexact value
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- regressionReturn to former state
finite element · floating-point · differential equations · Monte Carlo · iteration · precision · rounding · simulation
- technical skillscoding, programming, data entry, debugging, software development
- scientific computingdata analysis, data processing, algorithms, simulations, data science
- technologyelectronics, internet, social media, smartphone, laptop
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- subjectschemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, history
computingguessing
Estimating without certainty
estimating · approximating · conjecturing · surmising · ballparking
- cloud computingInternet-delivered digital infrastructure
- quantum computingCalculation using subatomic phenomena
- desktop computingUsing stationary personal computers
- home computingDomestic use of PCs
- personal computingIndividual use of machines
- mobile computingUsing handheld devices anywhere