as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway
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Recent Examples of calculation
This calculation is repeated as each token is generated, and the output stream is stopped if the result surpasses a certain threshold.
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
At the end of the day, the job of those who assess property for tax purposes is to get the calculations as correct as possible in light of what’s actually happening in the market.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
By this calculation, Michigan is currently the most optimistic state, at 36% above its norm.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
Based on the available calculations, the asteroid will again near the planet on December 22nd, 2032.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
At the end of the day, the job of those who assess property for tax purposes is to get the calculations as correct as possible in light of what’s actually happening in the market.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
By this calculation, Michigan is currently the most optimistic state, at 36% above its norm.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
Based on the available calculations, the asteroid will again near the planet on December 22nd, 2032.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Florida’s eighth-graders struggled on the national math test, posting the state’s lowest scores in 20 years.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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According to the latest data, only 53% of the city’s public school students were proficient in math on state exams.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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The show is really aimed at creating foundational skills in reading and arithmetic, along with lessons on proper behaviors that carry forward to the classroom.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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However, the model failed on the hidden code and complex number set prompts, making basic errors in counting and/or arithmetic that one or both of the OpenAI models avoided.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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The deep learning approach leveraging massively parallel computation made the metrics go up, but the teams at Meta didn’t know why one piece of content was winning over another because the decisions were being made inside the deep learning black box.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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With those computations in hand, the attacker can then run code reserved for one data structure on another data structure.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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