computational
adj.relating to the use of computers or the way they process information. You use this to describe tasks that involve complex math or data that a computer can handle.
adj.relating to or using computers, especially regarding the mathematical process of calculation. Often describes methods, models, or linguistics that rely on algorithmic processing.
“The team needs more computational power to run the simulation.”
“Computational linguistics allows researchers to analyze millions of sentences to find patterns in how language changes over time.”
“The breakthrough in drug discovery was largely due to new computational models that can predict how different molecules will interact before any physical experiments begin.”
Typically precedes the noun it modifies; frequently collocates with 'power', 'methods', or 'complexity'.
Usage computational power
“For now, the work is computational, so the next step is to test these predictions at the laboratory bench.”
“But these measures do little to illuminate how the algorithms shape users’ actual experiences, says Daniel Angus , a computational social scientist from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.”
Common in science writing
From computation + -al.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.