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what is the difference between Computation and Calculation?

is calculation where the human mind solves an problem and computation where a programmed system solves a problem

>> No.7567804

>semantics

don't make garbage threads

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7567809

Who cares, Bush can do neither.

>> No.7567872

What's the difference between norms and magnitudes?

What's the difference between orthogonal and perpendicular?

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7568356

This is now a tastefully artistic gore thread

>> No.7568370

computation is mechanical

calculation can require creativity

>> No.7568780

>>7568356
that is quite tasteful.

>> No.7569652

>>7567872
Orthogonality implies a lot of other things, the least of which is extending to higher-dimensions.

Perpendicular is an artifact of geometry useful only in <span class="math">\mathbb{R}^2[/spoiler] and <span class="math">\mathbb{R}^3[/spoiler].

>> No.7569656

if you're at a good school it probably has an OED online subscription, use that to answer questions like this

if you're not at a good school, wikitionary is an OK resource for these questions (OED is much better though)

...or you could download an English usage dictionary (I only know of Fowler) if you are seriously interested