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Supercomputer

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001178

A computer at the forefront of current processing capacity, particularly in terms of calculation speed. These machines are designed for tasks requiring immense computational power, such as weather forecasting, climate research, and complex scientific simulations. Performance is often measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001178
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001178",
  "term": "Supercomputer",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A computer at the forefront of current processing capacity, particularly in terms of calculation speed. These machines are designed for tasks requiring immense computational power, such as weather forecasting, climate research, and complex scientific simulations. Performance is often measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS).",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/supercomputer/"
}

Record 1,296 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.