Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercomputation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-com-pu-ta-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several forms of computation that are theoretically (or practically) impossible with current technology.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English computation English hypercomputation From hyper- + computation.

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Questions

What does hypercomputation mean?
Any of several forms of computation that are theoretically (or practically) impossible with current technology.
Where does hypercomputation come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English computation English hypercomputation From hyper- + computation.

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