supercomputer
/sˌupɚkəmpjˈutɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.
Example Sentences
- "The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine..."
- "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."
- "Popular slogans and a bucket of paint / Supercomputer on a jolly crusade"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English supercomputer From super- + computer.