Paj nouvo: Yon '''kalkilasyon''' se yon pwoses pou chanje done nan rezilta, ak chanj varyab. De kalkilasyon arithmetik eksplisit ki itilize algorit yo a kalkile yon estrateji nan konpetisyon, gen v...
Yon '''kalkilasyon''' oubyen '''[[kalkil]]''' se yon pwosespwosès pou chanje done nan rezilta, ak chanjchanje valè varyab tou.
De kalkilasyon arithmetik eksplisit ki itilize algorit[[algoritm]] yo aap kalkile yon estrateji nan konpetisyon, gen varyete mòd pou itilize mo a.
Pou egzanp, ap miltipliye setsèt ak wit se kalkilasyon algorit sanp.
Estimating the fair price for [[financial instruments]] using the [[Black-Scholes]] model is a complex algorithmic calculation.
[[Statistical estimation]]s of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but give results that are ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers.
Deciding the best way to build a relationship with a member of the opposite sex may also result from a calculation, but is not definite, predictable, nor even clearly defined. This indefinite application of the term gives it a second area of meaning apart from the [[mathematics|mathematical]] senses mentioned above.
To ''calculate'' means to ascertain by computing. The English word derives from the [[Latin]] ''calculus'', which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin ''calx''). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an [[abacus]] (Latin ''abacus'', [[Greek language|Greek]] ''abax''). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the slide-rule and the electronic calculator, and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on an iron bars.
