supercomputer

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

noun

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

supercomputer

/ ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• supercomputing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of supercomputer¹

super- + computer

Example Sentences

In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons.

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His artificial intelligence company, xAI, has already built one massive data center here in the Bluff City that it calls the world’s largest supercomputer.

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The investigations required highly demanding supercomputer simulations that consumed millions of CPU hours on Frankfurt's "Goethe" supercomputer and Stuttgart's "Hawk."

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Our Boy placed that child’s consciousness inside a synthetic body resembling an adult woman, then endowed that construct with superior strength, heightened reflexes and a supercomputer with remote hacking capabilities for a brain.

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The supercomputer, to be built in Loughton, Essex, was already announced by the government in January, but Microsoft has now come on board to the project.

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