| 释义 |
compuˈtational, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to computation; relating to computers.
1881Observatory Feb. 39 The mathematical and computational part of the investigation of Lunar libration. 1956Nature 7 Jan. 1/1 The work carried out by Dr. A. D. Booth, head of the Computational Laboratory there, on mechanical translation. 1962Listener 5 Apr. 594/2 Young children of eight, with weaknesses in computational ability. Ibid. 6 Dec. 952/1 The development of computational devices is enabling man to carry out calculations with a speed and with a precision that were previously unthinkable. 1964M. A. K. Halliday et al. Ling. Sciences 306 The important new field of computational linguistics. 1969Sci. Jrnl. Feb. 59/3 Another computational use of computers in personality assessment research is in interpreting test profiles.
Add: Hence compuˈtationally adv., from the point of view of computation; in terms of computation.
1957Ann. Math. Statistics XXVIII. 50 Computationally, they are quite manageable. 1985Science 26 Apr. 466/2 This proportionality has been demonstrated using Cm*, a 50-processor multiprocessor, for a number of computationally intensive jobs, including the checking of VLSI circuit designs. |