Computing is changing information (i.e., bits) in time. Compute resources can be connected to each other via a network, and can transmit the results of computation to storage.
A computing processor such as a general-purpose CPU executes instructions to transform bits. The rate at which instructions can transform bits is a fundamental measure of computing performance. Specialized computing processors such as GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and others are designed to sacrifice general-purpose performance for higher performance on more specialized instructions or types of bit transformations. Access to computing resources can be physical or virtual.
Converged Computing Authors. "Compute." Converged Computing Community Space 29 Nov 2024, https://converged-computing.org/docs/compute/ (accessed 29 Nov 24). [doi]