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supercomputer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English supercomputer From super- + computer.

Meanings

1. Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
   • But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy. 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in The New York Times:
   • Popular slogans and a bucket of paint / Supercomputer on a jolly crusade 2026, “Opening Night”, Alex Turner (lyrics), performed by Arctic Monkeys:
   • The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine... 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:

Forms

Deriveds

supercomputer-like · minisupercomputer · supercomputerlike

Relateds

supercomputing · supercomputation · mainframe

Translations (33)

ro supercomputer (computer that has great processing power) · nl supercomputer (computer that has great processing power) · tr süperbilgisayar (computer that has great processing power) · es supercomputadora (computer that has great processing power) · cy uwchgyfrifiadur (computer that has great processing power) · pt supercomputador (computer that has great processing power) · ja スーパーコンピューター (computer that has great processing power) · ro supercalculator (computer that has great processing power) · fr supercalculateur (computer that has great processing power) · it superelaboratore (computer that has great processing power) · sv superdator (computer that has great processing power) · io superkomputero (computer that has great processing power) · ga sár-ríomhaire (computer that has great processing power) · ru супер-ЭВМ (computer that has great processing power) · de Supercomputer (computer that has great processing power) · fi supertietokone (computer that has great processing power) · vi siêu máy tính (computer that has great processing power) · it supercomputer (computer that has great processing power) · ko 슈퍼컴 (computer that has great processing power) · ca supercomputador (computer that has great processing power) · ru суперкомпью́тер (computer that has great processing power) · cmn 超級電腦 /超级电脑 (computer that has great processing power) · es superordenador (computer that has great processing power) · sk superpočítač (computer that has great processing power) · cmn 超級計算機 /超级计算机 (computer that has great processing power) · pl superkomputer (computer that has great processing power) · de Superrechner (computer that has great processing power) · it supercalcolatore (computer that has great processing power) · ko 슈퍼컴퓨터 (computer that has great processing power) · th ซูเปอร์คอมพิวเตอร์ (computer that has great processing power) · es supercomputador (computer that has great processing power) · ja スパコン (computer that has great processing power) · fr superordinateur (computer that has great processing power)