supercomputer

noun

Etymology

From super- + computer.

Definitions

  1. Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

    • 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.
    • Popular slogans and a bucket of paint / Supercomputer on a jolly crusade

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA