hypercomputer
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English
Etymology
Noun
hypercomputer (plural hypercomputers)
- Any theoretical device capable of carrying out hypercomputation.
- 1991, David H. Gelernter, Mirror Worlds, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179:
- The roping together of networked computers into a single “hypercomputer” is a new fact—esoteric stuff; but it’s such an obvious and compelling idea, and it’s working so well in practice, that it continues to come on strong.