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What is a supercomputer?

What is a supercomputer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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.
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With so-called grid computing, even personal computers can serve as a virtual supercomputer if enough of them are linked together.
Each processor is constructed on a single silicon chip, so the supercomputer is essentially 12, 288 interconnected chips.
A custom supercomputer uses processors that have been specialized for scientific computing.
As such, scientists from around the country can access the supercomputer for research through a competitive proposal process.
The new charges relate to Unix's ability to turn a cluster of PCs into a supercomputer powerful enough to use to develop nuclear missiles.
This kind of computing can transform a local network of workstations into a virtual supercomputer.

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