supercomputer
See also: Supercomputer
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[edit]supercomputer (plural supercomputers)
- (computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
- 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- 2026, “Opening Night”, Alex Turner (lyrics), performed by Arctic Monkeys:
- Popular slogans and a bucket of paint / Supercomputer on a jolly crusade
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[edit]computer that has great processing power
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[edit]Borrowed from English supercomputer.
Pronunciation
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[edit]supercomputer m (plural supercomputers, diminutive supercomputertje n)
- (computing) a supercomputer, type of computer that has great processing power
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