Computation
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"By reasoning, I understand computation. And to compute is to collect the sum of many things added together at the same time, or to know the remainder when one thing has been taken from another. To reason therefore is the same as to add or to subtract."--De Corpore (1655) by Thomas Hobbes |
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Computation is any type of calculation that includes both arithmetical and non-arithmetical steps and follows a well-defined model, for example an algorithm.
The study of computation is paramount (hypernymous) to the discipline of computer science.
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See also
- Computationalism
- Physical information
- Real computation
- Reversible computation
- Hypercomputation
- Lateral computing
- Computational problem
- Multiple realizability
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