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| =====High Performance Computing===== | =====High Performance Computing===== | ||
| * The use of parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, | * The use of parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, | ||
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| =====Supercomputer===== | =====Supercomputer===== | ||
| * A system that performs at or near the currently highest operational rate for computers. Some supercomputers work at over half a petaflop or 10< | * A system that performs at or near the currently highest operational rate for computers. Some supercomputers work at over half a petaflop or 10< | ||
| =====FLOPS===== | =====FLOPS===== | ||
| - | * Number of floating point operations per clock cycle | + | * Number of floating point operations per second |
| =====Peak Performance===== | =====Peak Performance===== | ||
| * Peak Flops, the theoretical measure of floating point potential | * Peak Flops, the theoretical measure of floating point potential | ||