n. The study, field of computers and computer programming.
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n. the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
n. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
Word Usage
"The term computing machine, used increasingly from the 1920s, refers to any machine that does the work of a human computer, i.e., any machine that calculates in accordance with effective methods."