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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Compute \Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Computed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Computing}.] [L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.]
     To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.
  
           Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton.
  
           What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's
           resisted.                                --Burns.
  
     Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate;
          enumerate; rate. See {Calculate}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  computing
       n 1: the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid
            of computers) computable processes and structures [syn:
            {computer science}]
       2: the procedure of calculating; determining something by
          mathematical or logical methods [syn: {calculation}, {computation}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  computing
       
          {computer}
       
       

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