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computer or collection of computers that act as one large computer
capable of processing enormous amounts of data. Supercomputers are
used for very complex jobs such as nuclear research or collecting
and calculating weather patterns. Below is an example picture of a
super computer at the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular
Sciences Laboratory, the Linux-based supercomputer is composed of
nearly 2,000 processors. Courtesy: Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory.
Also see: Computer, Cray, Mainframe,
MPP, Network definitions,
Server, Server farm
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