cálculo1

¹ = arithmetic, calculation, calculus [calculuses, -pl.], computation, counting, estimation, calculability, reckoning.

Ex. Since the system's arithmetic depends upon the way amounts of money are entered, standards for entry for the various currencies must be established.

Ex. For example, without scanning the entire index it is impossible to estimate the total number of relevant documents in the system, a figure that is required in the calculation of recall.

Ex. He is not even a man who can readily perform the transformations of equations by the use of calculus.

Ex. Frequently numeric data bases and the hosts which support them permit some computation and manipulation of the retrieved data.

Ex. Rapid electrical counting appeared soon after the physicists found it desirable to count cosmic rays.

Ex. Our estimation is that we have 845,000 nonunique names in the MARC data base.

Ex. According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.

Ex. On the most superficial reckoning it is a matter of national concern.

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* cálculo aproximado = estimate, ballpark estimate.

* cálculo matemático = mathematical calculation.

* centro de cálculo = computer centre, computing centre, central computing facility.

* error de cálculo = miscalculation, mathematical mistake, mathematical error, calculation error, calculation mistake.

* hoja de cálculo = spreadsheet.

* hoja de cálculo electrónica = electronic spreadsheet.

* procedimiento de cálculo = arithmetic.

* realizar un cálculo = carry out + calculation.

* regla de cálculo = slide rule.

* tabla de cálculo = reckoner, ready reckoner.