supercomputer

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Definition of supercomputer in English English dictionary

Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; typically they use more than one core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear simulations and animations

Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; typically they use more than 1 core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear simulations and animations

A supercomputer is a powerful computer that can process large amounts of data very quickly. a computer that is more powerful than almost all other computers. Any of a class of extremely powerful digital computers. The term is commonly applied to the fastest high-performance systems available at a given time; current personal computers are more powerful than the supercomputers of just a few years ago. Supercomputers are used primarily for scientific and engineering work. Unlike conventional computers, they usually have more than one CPU, often functioning in parallel (simultaneously); even higher-performance supercomputers are now being developed through use of massively parallel processing, incorporating thousands of individual processors. Supercomputers have huge storage capacity and very fast input/output capability, and can operate in parallel on corresponding elements of arrays of numbers rather than on one pair of elements at a time

a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time

{i} central computer that has great calculating ability and allows operation of complex scientific applications

Related Terms

National Center for Supercomputer Applications

NCSA, center for computer applications located at the University of Illinois that developed the first browser program (usually through chat)

supercomputers

plural of supercomputer

Turkish pronunciation

supırkımpyutır

Pronunciation

/ˌso͞opərkəmˈpyo͞otər/ /ˌsuːpɜrkəmˈpjuːtɜr/

Etymology

[ -k&m-"pyü-t&r ] (noun.) 1967. super- +‎ computer