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  • K Computer is a play on the Japanese word "kei" for the number 10 quadrillion, which will be the number of calculations the machine is targeted to handle once it is completed in 2012.

    Japanese Supercomputer Claims World's Top Spot Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • K Computer is a play on the Japanese word "kei" for the number 10 quadrillion, which will be the number of calculations the machine is targeted to handle once it is completed in 2012.

    Japanese Supercomputer Claims World's Top Spot Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • K Computer is a play on the Japanese word "kei" for the number 10 quadrillion, which will be the number of calculations the machine is targeted to handle once it is completed in 2012.

    Japanese Supercomputer Claims World's Top Spot Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • The K is named for the Japanese word "kei", which represents 10 quadrillion.

    Wired Top Stories Cade Metz 2011

  • K Computer is a play on the Japanese word "kei" for the number 10 quadrillion (10,000 trillion), which will be the number of calculations per second the machine can handle.

    One Goal: 10 Quadrillion Calculations Daisuke Wakabayashi 2010

  • They were classified as kei cars, tiny models that are exempt in Japan from some taxes and regulations.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PHIL PATTON 2011

  • Suzuki, which specializes in tiny cars called "kei" or minicars in Japan and other parts of Asia, was widely viewed as needing the prowess of a bigger Volkswagen to ride out the intensifying global competition as the industry moves increasingly to green cars.

    unknown title 2011

  • Subminiature, or "kei" cars (from kei-jidosha - subcompact cars) have been a Japanese phenomenon.

    The Truth About Cars Bertel Schmitt 2010

  • These lightweight "kei" cars produced some very interesting offspring, including the

    Top Speed 2009

  • J.D. I think the chart needs one more color bar for "last minute 3-D conversion." kei

    Infographic: Film Industry by the Numbers | /Film 2010

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