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Supercomputers :

0816074933

9780816074938

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Supercomputers :

[Book]

charting the future of cybernetics /

Charlene W. Billings and Sean M. Grady.

New ed.

New York, NY :

Facts On File,

©2004.

1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creating a calculating machine: Original computers -- Analytical engines and census weavers -- Automating the office -- Artillery tables and code breakers -- First "thinking machines" -- Smaller is bigger -- Transition to supercomputers: Seymour Cray's refrigerated computers -- Raising the standards -- Putting the "super" in supercomputers -- Business of supercomputers -- Putting supercomputers to work: Supercomputer centers -- Supercomputers and science -- Supercomputers and industrial design -- New tools for the entertainment industry -- Supercomputing across the internet -- Supercomputers in the twenty-first century: Obstacles in the path of supercomputer growth -- Three areas for advancement -- Optical and quantum computing -- Supercomputers on the desktop? -- Glossary -- Further reading -- World wide web sites -- Index.

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Discusses the history, technology, and importance of supercomputers, and includes examples of their use, describing advances for the twenty-first century.

Supercomputers.

9780816047307

Supercomputers, Juvenile literature.

Superordinateurs.

JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Computers-- Hardware.

Supercomputers.

JNF-- 012020

Billings, Charlene W.

Grady, Sean M.,1965-

20201209233743.0

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