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supercomputer
This term describes a machine of extreme computational power, typically used for scientific research, weather forecasting, or national security. It carries a connotation of prestige and immense scale, often evoking images of massive server rooms and liquid cooling systems rather than a personal device.
While the word is a standard countable noun, it is frequently used in technical contexts to refer to a specific architecture or a distributed cluster of nodes acting as a single entity. It is distinct from a workstation or a server in its ability to handle massive parallel processing tasks.
Meanings
Examples
The research institute installed a new supercomputer to model climate change.
We need a supercomputer to process this amount of genomic data in a reasonable timeframe.
Imagine a supercomputer that can predict the future with absolute certainty.
The government invested millions into the development of a national supercomputer.
The government invested millions into the development of a national supercomputer.
Is this the supercomputer that handles all the citys traffic simulations?
A supercomputer can perform quadrillions of calculations per second.
The villain used a supercomputer to crack the encryption of the global bank.
I wonder if a supercomputer could ever truly replicate human consciousness.