In general, a supercomputer center is a site with a supercomputer that is shared by a number of other sites, usually research sites. Formerly, in the United States, there were five supercomputer centers
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SUPERCOMPUTERS DEFINITION (continued): … interconnected on the vBNS, a special backbone network financed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by MCI for the exclusive use of designated research centers. On October 1, 1997, the five supercomputer centers were replaced by two new NSF-funded programs. The new program, … Supercomputers definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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