/ ˌkɒmpjuˈteɪʃn; NAmE ˌkɑːm-/ noun
[ C , U ] ( formal ) an act or the process of calculating sth :
All the statistical computations were performed by the new software system.
an error in the computation
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin computatio(n-) , from the verb computare , from com- together + putare to settle (an account).