Meanings
- humorousinformaluncountableThe act of using a computer.
The stuff they are doing in the medical field, financial field, gaming, Surface, retail, artificial intelligence. They are a force behind all of computering.
2018 November 30, Thomas Heath, quoting Ivan Feinseth, “Microsoft surges back — from 2002 — to reclaim from Apple bragging rights of most valuable U.S. company”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 20233 more examples
Ever since I was a kid I've watched my mom wake up at six in the morning, work all day, come home, make my brother and me dinner—maybe shout at me for too much 'computering'.
2014 April 3, Simon Parkin, quoting Rami Ismail, “The Guilt of the Video-Game Millionaires”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023Before long, Elliot is connected to an improbable plot to bring down the whole economic system (or at least Evil Corp) with the power of computering, political pseudoscience and loquacious self-righteousness.
2016 July 22, Patrick Freyne, “Mr Robot gets high praise, but it's a lot dumber than it thinks it is”, in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times Trust, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2020The Australian government demonstrates its can't-do attitude to computering yet again. Requiring all agencies to follow the Australian Signals Directorate's 'best advice' is just too hard.
2019 August 15, Asha Barbaschow, “Australian Signals Directorate launches open source data visualisation tool”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2023
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of computer
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computering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computering
“computering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computering. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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