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{{Short description|Computing by new or unusual methods}}

'''Unconventional computing''' (also known as '''alternative computing''' or '''nonstandard computation''') is [[computing]] by any of a wide range of new or unusual methods. It is also known as '''alternative computing'''.

The term ''unconventional computation'' was coined by [[Cristian S. Calude]] and [[John Casti]] and used at the First International Conference on Unconventional Models of Computation<ref>{{cite web | title = Unconventional Models of Computation 1998 | url = https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/groups/CDMTCS/conferences/umc98/}}</ref> in 1998.<ref>{{cite web | author = C.S. Calude | title = Unconventional Computing: A Brief Subjective History, CDMTCS Report 480, 2015 | url = https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/groups/CDMTCS/researchreports/view-publication.php?selected-id=548}}</ref>