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" Supercomputers : "
Charlene W. Billings and Sean M. Grady.
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BL
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970240
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b724610
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| Main Entry
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Billings, Charlene W.
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Supercomputers : : charting the future of cybernetics /\ Charlene W. Billings and Sean M. Grady.
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New ed.
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New York, NY :: Facts On File,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) :: illustrations
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0816074933
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: 9780816074938
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Supercomputers, Juvenile literature.
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Superordinateurs.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Computers-- Hardware.
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Supercomputers.
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004.1/1
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QA76.88.B54 2004eb
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Grady, Sean M.,1965-
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