supercomputer

English

Etymology

super- +‎ computer

Noun

supercomputer (plural supercomputers)

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; typically they use more than one core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear simulations and animations.

Derived terms

supercomputerlike

Related terms

Translations

computer that has great processing power

Catalan: supercomputador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 超級計算機, 超级计算机 (chāojí jìsuànjī), 超級電腦, 超级电脑 (chāojí diànnǎo)
Finnish: supertietokone
French: superordinateur (fr) m, supercalculateur (fr) m
German: Supercomputer (de) m, Superrechner m
Ido: superkomputero
Irish: sár-ríomhaire m
Japanese: スーパーコンピューター (sūpākonpyūtā), (abbreviation) スパコン (supakon)

Polish: superkomputer m
Portuguese: supercomputador (pt) m
Romanian: supercalculator (ro) n, supercomputer n
Russian: суперкомпью́тер (ru) m (superkompʹjútɛr), супер-ЭВМ (ru) f (super-EVM)
Spanish: supercomputador m, supercomputadora f (Latin America), superordenador m (Spain)
Swedish: superdator (sv) c
Vietnamese: siêu máy tính
Welsh: uwchgyfrifiadur m

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