Able to be calculated, computed, or determined by mathematical or logical methods.
From Latin 'computabilis', from 'computare' (to count, calculate, together + putare 'to reckon'). The term became especially important in computer science and mathematical logic in the 20th century.
Before computers existed, mathematicians asked which functions were 'computable'—and discovered that some answers exist but are fundamentally beyond any algorithm's reach, which still profoundly shapes what we ask computers to solve today.
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