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a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
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supercomputer (ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a powerful computer that can process large quantities of data of a similar type very quickly | |
| supercom'puting | |
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Computing Dictionary
supercomputer definition
computerA broad term for one of the fastest computers currently available. Such computers are typically used for number crunching including scientific simulations, (animated) graphics, analysis of geological data (e.g. in petrochemical prospecting), structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, electronic design, nuclear energy research and meteorology. Perhaps the best known supercomputer manufacturer is Cray Research.
A less serious definition, reported from about 1990 at The University Of New South Wales states that a supercomputer is any computer that can outperform IBM's current fastest, thus making it impossible for IBM to ever produce a supercomputer.
(1996-12-13)
Example sentences
The representation shows the complexity of this part of the brain, which has now been modeled using a supercomputer.
In a solid made of more than one element, time on the supercomputer could add up to hundreds of hours.
Theorists using supercomputer simulations have retraced the steps that produced the first stars and galaxies.
Today, it was named the fastest supercomputer in the world.
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