Supercomputer

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supercomputer
       n : a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful
           available at a given time

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  supercomputer
       
           A broad term for one of the fastest computers
          currently available.  Such computers are typically used for
          {number crunching} including scientific {simulations},
          (animated) {graphics}, analysis of geological data (e.g. in
          petrochemical prospecting), structural analysis, computational
          fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, electronic design, nuclear
          energy research and meteorology.  Perhaps the best known
          supercomputer manufacturer is {Cray Research}.
       
          A less serious definition, reported from about 1990 at The
          {University Of New South Wales} states that a supercomputer is
          any computer that can outperform {IBM}'s current fastest, thus
          making it impossible for IBM to ever produce a supercomputer.
       
          (1996-12-13)