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For the formal concept of computation, see computation.

Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations. "Computing" has come to mean the operation and usage of computing machines, the electrical processes carried out within the computing hardware itself, and the theoretical concepts governing them (computer science).

The following definition of computing is given in the ACM report Computing As a Discipline:

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@janetedavis but if they can't take as ASCII lion roar they shouldn't get into archaeological computing. Better to find out now.
jottevanger (jottevanger) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:23 -0000
@janetedavis but if they can't take as ASCII lion roar they shouldn't get into archaeological computing. Better to find out now.
On the train to Southampton to teach a day for the MSc in Archaeological Computing.
tag (Tom Goskar) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:43:33 -0000
On the train to Southampton to teach a day for the MSc in Archaeological Computing.

 
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