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Noun: supercomputer  'soo-pu-kum,pyoo-tu(r)
  1. An extremely powerful computer that is among the fastest in the world at the time of its operation
    "The research facility installed a new supercomputer to process climate data"

Derived forms: supercomputers

Type of: mainframe, mainframe computer

Encyclopedia: Supercomputer