compute

Computational processing power.

Noun

  1. Computational processing power.
    • The GPU does not have enough on-chip SRAM memory for the parameters, and doesn't have enough compute for the entire model.
    • 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. - 2015, J. Powell, Mastering...
    • To change the amount of compute and memory, you can select a different DB Instance class of the database. - 2016, Joe Baron, Hisham Baz, Tim Bixler, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide: Associate Exam:

Origin

Etymology tree Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute 17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

Derived

test-time compute

Verb

  1. To reckon, calculate.
    • Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
    • 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...
    • "When we have ascertained exactly how little will serve we shall be able to compute how long we shall be able to exist." - 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York,...
  2. To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs)
    • Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?
    • 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...
    • 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." - 1967 August 2, The Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, page 46,...

Forms

computes computing computed

Related

computation computational computer computing count miscompute noncomputing recompute

Derived

computability computable computed axial tomography computed tomography computist computistic computor does not compute hypercompute precompute