supercomputer

See also: Supercomputer

English

Etymology

super- +‎ computer

Noun

supercomputer (plural supercomputers)

1. (computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation; 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 and other natural science simulations, advanced mathematics and animations.

Derived terms

• supercomputer-like
• supercomputerlike

 

Related terms

• supercomputation
• supercomputing

 

Translations

computer that has great processing power

• Catalan: supercomputador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超級計算機／超级计算机 (chāojí jìsuànjī), 超級電腦／超级电脑 (chāojí diànnǎo)

• Dutch: supercomputer (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: supertietokone
• French: superordinateur (fr) m, supercalculateur (fr) m
• German: Supercomputer (de) m, Superrechner m
• Ido: superkomputero
• Irish: sár-ríomhaire m
• Japanese: スーパーコンピューター (sūpākonpyūtā), (abbreviation) スパコン (supakon)
• Polish: superkomputer m
• Portuguese: supercomputador (pt) m
• Romanian: supercalculator (ro) n, supercomputer n
• Russian: суперкомпью́тер (ru) m (superkompʹjútɛr), супер-ЭВМ (ru) f (super-EVM)
• Slovak: superpočítač
• Spanish: supercomputador m, supercomputadora f (Latin America), superordenador m (Spain)
• Swedish: superdator (sv) c
• Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์ (th) (Khxmphiwtexr̒), ซูเปอร์คอมพิวเตอร์ (Sū pexr̒ khxmphiwtexr̒)
• Turkish: süperbilgisayar
• Vietnamese: siêu máy tính (vi)
• Welsh: uwchgyfrifiadur m

See also

• mainframe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English supercomputer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.pər.kɔmˌpju.tər/
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧com‧pu‧ter

Noun

supercomputer m (plural supercomputers, diminutive supercomputertje n)

1. (computing) A supercomputer, type of computer that has great processing power.