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Rather, 'compute' is a verb, 'computation' is a noun, and 'computationally' is an adverb (which is the most appropriate choice in the context of GGP's statement
by cvoss 3y ago
Rather, 'compute' is a verb, 'computation' is a noun, and 'computationally' is an adverb (which is the most appropriate choice in the context of GGP's statement). All of these words refer to the same concept and may involve hardware computers (a more modern use of these words) or people-as-computers (the older, but still valid, use of the words).
- 2four2 3y agoDigging more into other internet discussions, a lot of people disagree about the usage. Many believe it's fine to use compute as a noun since it's a truncation of compute resources or compute nodes. Seems like an industry shibboleth like how data/stats people say "data" as a countable plural.
- ajross 3y ago"Compute" as used upthread is in fact a noun. That's the point, it's a new word. And sort of a dumb one, but new nonetheless.
- hasmanean 3y agoI think Compute is a gerund (a noun derived from a verb, like “swimming” as in the activity.)