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supercomputer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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su·per·com·put·er /ˈsuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə $ -pərkəmˌpjuːtər/ noun [countable]  a computer that is more powerful than almost all other computers 超级计算机
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supercomputerThe chips are targeted at embedded controls, portable and desktop computers, high-end fault-tolerant machines and supercomputers.The long-awaited supercomputer had been promised for last year, but the target date was later pushed back to October 1993.Far more voltage crackled out of a million interconnected Apple IIs than within the most coddled million-dollar supercomputer standing alone.It claims to be number two in supercomputers with more than 160 machines installed.Applications here focus on using gigabit networks to combine the processing power of multiple supercomputers for climate and chemical reaction modeling.Consequently, they have been run as software simulations, often on supercomputers.But in a parallel supercomputer with a sparse, distributed memory, the distinction between memory and processing fades.According to Parsytec, the Xplorer offers users a migration path to its GigaCube massively parallel supercomputers which are also to use T9000s.
From Longman Business Dictionarysupercomputersu‧per‧com‧put‧er /ˈsuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə-pərkəmˌpjuːtər/ noun [countable]COMPUTING a large and powerful computer that can do complex jobs or process a lot of information very quickly
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supercomputer
supercomputer /ˈsuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə $ -pərkəmˌpjuːtər/ noun [countable]
a computer that is more powerful than almost all other computers


super·com·puterBrE /ˈsuːpəkəmpjuːtə(r)/ 🔊, /ˈsjuːpəkəmpjuːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsuːpərkəmpjuːtər/ 🔊 nouna powerful computer with a large amount of memory and a very fast central processing unit 巨型计算机;超级计算机