Supercomputer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Supercomputer is a noun meaning (computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
Meaning
(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
Example Sentences
Popular slogans and a bucket of paint / Supercomputer on a jolly crusade
The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine.
But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy.
Word Forms
- supercomputers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include computer, supercomputing, hypercomputer, superminicomputer, supercomputation, supercompiler.
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