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noun

computing

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

In a sentence

Six example sentences with computing, each labelled with its topic.

  • She switched from civil engineering to computing after a summer course on algorithms, and never touched a bridge drawing again.

    Technology

  • The department teaches computing alongside physics, since modeling a galaxy now demands as much code as it does telescope time.

    Science

  • Studios hire graduates in computing to write pathfinding, because a guard who walks into walls ruins any sense of danger.

    Gaming

  • Both founders studied computing, so the first hire was a designer who could tell them what the screens should feel like.

    Startups

  • The management program now requires a term of computing, on the theory that every manager will supervise someone writing code.

    Business

  • Economics students take a term of computing, because modern models need code as much as they need calculus.

    Economics

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