[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

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

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
     
     
see also:
number crunching simulations graphics cray research university of new south wales ibm 

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