supercomputer
Noun
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Noun
supercomputer (plural supercomputers)
- (computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; 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 simulations and animations.
- supercomputation
- supercomputing
- French: superordinateur, supercalculateur
- German: Supercomputer, Superrechner
- Portuguese: supercomputador
- Russian: суперкомпью́тер
- Spanish: supercomputador, supercomputadora (Latin America), superordenador (Spain)
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