supercomputer
[ soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter, soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter ]
noun
a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
Origin of supercomputer
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How to use supercomputer in a sentence
The prefix for trillion, as we know from super-computer lingo, is “tera.”
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British Dictionary definitions for supercomputer
supercomputer
/ (ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə) /
noun
a powerful computer that can process large quantities of data of a similar type very quickly
Derived forms of supercomputer
- supercomputing, noun
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