Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mainframe computer that is among the largest, fastest, or most powerful of those available at a given time.
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- noun computing Any
computer that has a far greaterprocessing power than others of its day; typically they use more than onecore and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses areweather forecasting ,nuclear simulations andanimations .
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- noun a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term supercomputer is used for room-sized hardware installations that work together on massive calculating jobs.
China Supercomputer Uses Homegrown Chips Don Clark 2011
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Japan's three main supercomputer manufacturers — Fujitsu, NEC Corp. and Hitachi Co. — were among the world's biggest suppliers in the early 1990s.
One Goal: 10 Quadrillion Calculations Daisuke Wakabayashi 2010
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We pondered how often hardware errors occur in supercomputer installations, and whether if they did it would affect the software.
Serendipity: What has software engineering got to do with climate change? 2010
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We pondered how often hardware errors occur in supercomputer installations, and whether if they did it would affect the software.
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We pondered how often hardware errors occur in supercomputer installations, and whether if they did it would affect the software.
What makes software engineering for climate models different? | Serendipity 2010
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In 2000, it sold its interest in supercomputer maker Cray Research.
Hey, What's All That Noise Outside The Gate? - NASA Watch 2009
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The world's biggest, fastest supercomputer is now in China.
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We pondered how often hardware errors occur in supercomputer installations, and whether if they did it would affect the software.
steve | Serendipity 2010
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In 2000, it sold its interest in supercomputer maker Cray Research.
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We pondered how often hardware errors occur in supercomputer installations, and whether if they did it would affect the software.
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