supercomputer

From super- +‎ computer.

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supercomputer (plural supercomputers)

1. (computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:

     The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine...

   • 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy.

• mainframe

Borrowed from English supercomputer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.pər.kɔmˌpju.tər/

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• Hyphenation: su‧per‧com‧pu‧ter

supercomputer m (plural supercomputers, diminutive supercomputertje n)

1. (computing) a supercomputer, type of computer that has great processing power