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== Terminology ==
 
Some authors distinguish ''computer algebra'' from ''symbolic computation'' using the latter name to refer to kinds of symbolic computation other than the computation with mathematical [[formula]]s. Some authors use ''symbolic computation'' for the computer science aspect of the subject and "computer algebra" for the mathematical aspect.<ref>{{cite conference | first = Stephen M. | last = Watt | date = 2006 | url = http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~watt/pub/reprints/2006-tc-sympoly.pdf | title = Making Computer Algebra More Symbolic (Invited) | conference = Transgressive Computing 2006: A conference in honor of Jean Della Dora, (TC 2006) | pages = 43–49 |isbn=9788468983813 |oclc=496720771}}</ref> In some languages the name of the field is not a direct translation of its English name. Typically, it is called ''calcul formel'' in French, which means "formal computation". This name reflects the tiesmeansdnnvties this field has with [[formal methods]].
 
Symbolic computation has also been referred to, in the past, as ''symbolic manipulation'', ''algebraic manipulation'', ''symbolic processing'', ''symbolic mathematics'', or ''symbolic algebra'', but these terms, which also refer to non-computational manipulation, are no longer used in reference to computer algebra.