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{{About|the activity involving computing machinery|the magazines|Computing (magazine)|and|Compute!}}
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[[File:ENIAC-changing_a_tube.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Early vacuum tube Turing complete computer|[[ENIAC]], the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer]]▼
[[File:GalvesLocherbach_-_Low_resolution.gif|thumb|right|alt=Computer simulation|[[Data visualization]] and [[computer simulation]] are important computing applications. This is a [[3D visualization]] of a [[Neural network (biology)|neural network]] simulation.]]
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The term ''computing'' is also [[synonymous]] with [[counting]] and [[calculation|calculating]]. In earlier times, it was used in reference to the action performed by [[Mechanical computer|mechanical computing machines]], and before that, to [[Computer (occupation)|human computers]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The History of Computing|url=http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/computer-hist-web.htm|access-date=12 April 2019|website=mason.gmu.edu}}</ref>
▲[[File:ENIAC-changing_a_tube.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Early vacuum tube Turing complete computer|[[ENIAC]], the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer]]
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