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supercomputer

American  
[soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter, soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈsu pər kəmˌpyu tər, ˌsu pər kəmˈpyu tər /

noun

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

supercomputer British  
/ ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of supercomputer

super- + computer

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Rival Roche has already announced it is building an even bigger supercomputer in partnership with Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

As far as the supercomputer is concerned then, it is between West Ham and Tottenham for that unwanted 18th place.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Combining Cursor's software and product expertise with SpaceX's "Colossus" AI training supercomputer will enable the company "to build the world's most useful models," it said.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

These patterns, known as invariant statistical properties, are then used to guide the training of an AI model running on a conventional supercomputer.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

She’d written this code with the help of a supercomputer, and it would take a supercomputer to unravel it.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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