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supercomputer

American  
[soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter, soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈsu pər kəmˌpju tər, ˌsu pər kəmˈpju 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of supercomputer

super- + computer

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The calculations were performed with Tetralith, a Swedish supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center at Linköping University.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Prof Mark Parsons, the director of the supercomputer project at the university, says it will be roughly the size of a medium-sized supermarket.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Washington curtailed Chinese supercomputer developers’ access to Intel chips and other American hardware in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

The data is then sent to supercomputer clusters, where it’s transformed into images.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

“I thought it was a bit daunting to always call it ‘the supercomputer.’

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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