Timeline for Difference between "computation" and "calculation"
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| Feb 13, 2022 at 16:06 | comment | added | Chris B. Behrens | I'm a programmer, too, so that fact may be informing both of our perspective on the words. | |
| Feb 13, 2022 at 14:37 | comment | added | Stuart F | Long division requires repetition and selection but would be considered a calculation by most people. | |
| Jul 16, 2021 at 8:58 | comment | added | Bart | "A calculation would simply be a computation ..." :) | |
| Aug 13, 2011 at 10:17 | comment | added | Marcin | This isn't a general distinction in computer science, not least because it's not especially useful. | |
| Aug 12, 2011 at 15:00 | comment | added | tinyd | I agree. Computation to me implies following an algorithm whereas calculation is using mathematical operations only. But I think in common usage the terms are virtually synonymous | |
| Aug 12, 2011 at 14:48 | history | answered | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |