supercomputer

[ soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter, soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter ]

/ ˈsu pər kəmˌpyu tər, ˌsu pər kəmˈpyu tər /

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noun

a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.

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Origin of supercomputer

super- + computer

Words nearby supercomputer

supercoil, supercollider, supercolumnar, supercolumniation, super-committee, supercomputer, superconductivity, superconductor, supercontinent, supercool, supercow

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How to use supercomputer in a sentence

The researchers aren’t the only ones to suggest building a large quantum supercomputer out of a network of simpler devices.
Connecting Distant Qubits Just Brought Distributed Quantum Computing Closer|Edd Gent|February 8, 2021|Singularity Hub
Their state grows exponentially more complicated with each additional particle, choking simulations on even the mightiest supercomputers.
Physicists Study How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide|Charlie Wood|January 25, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Only in the last few years, with the growth of supercomputers, have theorists had enough computing power to model massive stars with the complexity needed to achieve explosions.
Secret Ingredient Found to Power Supernovas|Thomas Lewton|January 21, 2021|Quanta Magazine
In terms of this kind of nonlinear complexity, fire is a lot like weather—but the computational fluid dynamic models that are used to build forecasts for, say, the National Weather Service require supercomputers.
What the complex math of fire modeling tells us about the future of California’s forests|Amy Nordrum|January 18, 2021|MIT Technology Review

For programs that have to deal with very large or very small numbers, like those that model the climate or quantum physics on supercomputers, this extra precision can be very useful.
New IBM Research Means We Could Soon Train Neural Networks on a Smartphone|Edd Gent|December 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
The quirky sci-fi thriller Transcendence finds Depp playing a scientist whose brain is downloaded onto a supercomputer.
Johnny Depp and the ‘Lone Ranger’ Flop: Is His Career Doomed?|Kevin Fallon|July 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This is why the cellphone in your pocket is as powerful as a mid-'70s-era supercomputer for a minute fraction of the cost.
The World Is Getting Better, Argues New Book, ‘Abundance’|Sam Harris|February 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ahalt and his peers in the supercomputer community are hoping it stays that way.
The U.S. Is Busy Building Supercomputers, but Needs Someone to Run Them|Dan Lyons|December 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for supercomputer

supercomputer

/ (ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə) /

noun

a powerful computer that can process large quantities of data of a similar type very quickly

Derived forms of supercomputer

supercomputing, noun

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