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[[Statistical estimation]]s of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but produces ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers. |
[[Statistical estimation]]s of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but produces ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers. |
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To ''calculate'' means to determine mathematically in the case of a number or amount, or in the case of an abstract problem to deduce the answer using [[logic]], [[reason]] or [[common sense]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calculate|title=calculate {{!}} Definition of calculate in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2018-08-30}}</ref> The English word derives from the [[Latin]] ''calculus'', which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin ''calx''). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an [[abacus]] (Latin ''abacus'', [[Greek language|Greek]] ''abax''). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the [[slide-rule]] and the [[electronic calculator]], and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on iron bars, some beads sliding up and down are used, engineers said that they used this beads as basis on programming an [[Electronic Calculator]]. Beads that do multiplication, Division and up to point decimal places. |
To ''calculate'' means to determine mathematically in the case of a number or amount, or in the case of an abstract problem to deduce the answer using [[logic]], [[reason]] or [[common sense]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calculate|title=calculate {{!}} Definition of calculate in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2018-08-30}}</ref> The English word derives from the [[Latin]] ''calculus'', which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin ''calx''). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an [[abacus]] (Latin ''abacus'', [[Greek language|Greek]] ''abax''). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the [[slide-rule]] and the [[electronic calculator]], and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on iron bars, some beads sliding up and down are used, engineers said that they used this beads as basis on programming an [[Electronic Calculator]]. Beads that do multiplication, Division and up to point decimal places. This electronic amperes and or tiny voltages are all with numbers, engineers do the atomic designs, an atom represent one bead and the calculations are not entirely numerical but by atomic orbits. |
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==Comparison to computation== |
==Comparison to computation== |
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A calculation is a deliberate process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more results. The term is used in a variety of senses, from the very definite arithmetical calculation of using an algorithm, to the vague heuristics of calculating a strategy in a competition, or calculating the chance of a successful relationship between two people.
For example, multiplying 7 by 6 is a simple algorithmic calculation. Estimating the fair price for financial instruments using the Black–Scholes model is a more complex algorithmic calculation.
Statistical estimations of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but produces ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers.
To calculate means to determine mathematically in the case of a number or amount, or in the case of an abstract problem to deduce the answer using logic, reason or common sense.[1] The English word derives from the Latin calculus, which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin calx). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an abacus (Latin abacus, Greek abax). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the slide-rule and the electronic calculator, and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on iron bars, some beads sliding up and down are used, engineers said that they used this beads as basis on programming an Electronic Calculator. Beads that do multiplication, Division and up to point decimal places. This electronic amperes and or tiny voltages are all with numbers, engineers do the atomic designs, an atom represent one bead and the calculations are not entirely numerical but by atomic orbits.
Comparison to computation
Calculation is a prerequisite for computation.[citation needed]
See also
- Calculus (disambiguation) — list of general methods of calculation by application area
- Complexity class — theoretical notion to categorize calculability
- Cost accounting — business application of calculation
- List of algorithms — fully formalized, computer-executable methods of calculation
- Mental calculation — performing arithmetics using one's brain only
References
- ^ "calculate | Definition of calculate in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries | English. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
External links
- "The Lifting of the Veil in the Operations of Calculation" is a manuscript, from the 18th-century, in Arabic, by Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, about calculation processes
