# supercomputer

Pronunciation: US say "SOO-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter" /ˈsupɚkəmˌpjutɚ/; UK say "SOO-puh-kuhm-pyoo-tuh" /ˈsuːpəkəmˌpjuːtə/

## Noun

1. A computer with processing power far greater than that of other machines from the same generation.
   - Simple: A very powerful computer that works much faster than normal computers of its time.
   - _The lab installed a supercomputer to model how proteins fold._
   - _National labs maintain supercomputers capable of trillions of operations per second._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix "super-" combined with "computer."

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