hypercomputer

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noun

Any theoretical device capable of carrying out hypercomputation.

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Meanings

nounhypercomputer (plural hypercomputers)

plural hypercomputers

  1. Any theoretical device capable of carrying out hypercomputation.

    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.

    1991, David H. Gelernter, Mirror Worlds, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179

Origin

From hyper- + computer.

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APA

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Chicago

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