In many cases, when they say a calculation needs to be faster, what they really mean is that they need to know more quickly and reliably how long the calculation will take.

在许多情况下，当他们指出计算需要更快一点时，他们真正的意思是他们需要更快更可靠地知道该计算将要进行多久。

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The software update (4.0.1) released yesterday will take care of the error in the signal calculation algorithm that Apple discovered several weeks ago.

昨天发布的更新后软件(4.0.1)可以改进这个苹果几个星期前发现的信号计算误差。

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The purpose of a calculation component is to take one or more values as an input and to produce one or more derived values as output.

计算组件（calculation component）的功能是输入一个或多个值后能够生成一个或多个派生值作为输出。

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That calculation would take the number of estimated cases of norovirus across Scotland in 2012 to more than one million.

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Natural gas emits half as much carbon dioxide as coal when used to make electricity, though the calculation fails to take into account the release of methane from natural-gas wells and pipelines, which also contributes to climate change.

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Although the theory that describes the interaction of quarks and gluons is on a firm conceptual footing, it is so complicated in practice that it can take years to make a single calculation of something like the shape of a proton even using the most powerful supercomputers.

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