supercomputern.
/ˈsuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə/, /ˈsjuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə/, U.S. /ˈsupərkəmˌpjudər/ A computer, or an assemblage of computers, with exceptionally high processing power or speed.
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1949 Acta Crystallogr. 2 344/2 Modern super-computers will soon provide the ideal method, at least for the more complicated structures.
1968 N. Walford tr. O. Johannesson Great Computer iv. 108 Linking together about a hundred computers..and combining them..to form a unit known as the supercomputer.
1982 Times 30 Apr. 17/2 The market for supercomputers, as they are generally known, is also set for rapid growth.
2008 Daily Tel. 10 June 15/6 An American military supercomputer assembled from components from the Sony PlayStation 3 games machine has set a record with its ability to process more than a quadrillion calculations per second.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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