Перевод технического текста Suppose you sit down with pencil and paper and center your attention onadding figures. You add first all the digits in the right-hand column, then all thedigits in the next column, and so on – until ...

Перевод технического текста Suppose you sit down with pencil and paper and center your attention on adding figures. You add first all the digits in the right-hand column, then all the digits in the next column, and so on – until you finally arrive at the answer1. When you do this, you are computing. When you stop at a street corner, looking first to the left for any coming car, then to the right, to cross the street or to wait on шthe sidewalk2 – you are computing. When you are walking along a poorly marked path3 in the woods, thinking if you are really on the path or have lost it4 – you are computing. When you are taking in information or data, performing reasonable operations (mathematical or logical) on the data, and are producing one or more answers – you are computing