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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
* From the Latin - with thinking, to settle, to make clear, to reckon<ref>W. W. Skeat, ''An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.'' Oxford (1882) </ref> | * From the Latin - with thinking, to settle, to make clear, to reckon<ref>W. W. Skeat, ''An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.'' Oxford (1882) </ref> | ||
| + | ==Assumptions== | ||
| + | Nearly all models of computation assume some sort of logical engine to run the computation on that is not impacted by the environment. | ||
| + | ==Problems== | ||
| + | * The "Computer" or computation engine is a part of the environment and any action is dependent on its construction and possible on the environment where it is run. | ||
| + | * We know from "side channel attacks" and defect in the computer chips that the environment always as some impacted on the computation, even when all attempts are made to minimize those effects. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category: Glossary]] | [[Category: Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 20:41, 13 November 2024
Definition
Computation is the process of using algorithms to working through a problem.
Etymology
- From the Latin - with thinking, to settle, to make clear, to reckon[1]
Assumptions
Nearly all models of computation assume some sort of logical engine to run the computation on that is not impacted by the environment.
Problems
- The "Computer" or computation engine is a part of the environment and any action is dependent on its construction and possible on the environment where it is run.
- We know from "side channel attacks" and defect in the computer chips that the environment always as some impacted on the computation, even when all attempts are made to minimize those effects.
References
- ↑ W. W. Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Oxford (1882)
