Nuclear vs Supercomputer - What's the difference?
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(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
Involving atomic energy.
Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; typically they use more than one core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear simulations and animations.
As an adjective nuclear
is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.As a noun supercomputer is
(computing) any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its day; typically they use more than one core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear simulations and animations.nuclear
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Adjective
(-)- However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
- a nuclear reactor
- a nuclear explosion