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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
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.
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