supercomputer

noun

su·​per·​com·​put·​er ˈsü-pər-kəm-ˌpyü-tər 

: a large very fast mainframe used especially for scientific computations

Examples of supercomputer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So as soon as one team was pulling up graphs on the supercomputer to measure ball speed versus distance on all past products, the others were pointing to all the white space on the graph. —Brody Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026

Thousands of standalone Nvidia CPUs are also helping power supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and Los Alamos National Lab, Nvidia told CNBC. —Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026

By mining this archive and using supercomputers with custom programming to analyze the large data set, researchers reconstructed a 3D view of hydrogen distribution across a vast cosmic volume. —Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026

McKittrick wants to outsource control of America’s nuclear arsenal to a supercomputer known as the War Operation Plan Response, or WOPR for short. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for supercomputer

• microcomputer
• minicomputer
• commuter
• computer
• polluter
• recruiter
• neuter
• pewter
• router
• scooter
• shooter
• suitor

Kids Definition

supercomputer

noun

su·​per·​com·​put·​er ˈsü-pər-kəm-ˌpyüt-ər 

: a large very fast mainframe used especially for scientific computations