Supercomputers
Subtitle: charting the future of cybernetics
By: Charlene W. Billings and Sean M. Grady
Contributors: Grady, Sean M., 1965-
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780816074938
Subjects: Hardware; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Juvenile literature; Computers; Supercomputers; Superordinateurs
Description: Discusses the history, technology, and importance of supercomputers, and includes examples of their use, describing advances for the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Creating a calculating machine: Original computers; title: Analytical engines and census weavers; title: Automating the office; title: Artillery tables and code breakers; title: First "thinking machines"; title: Smaller is bigger; title: Transition to supercomputers: Seymour Cray's refrigerated computers; title: Raising the standards; title: Putting the "super" in supercomputers; title: Business of supercomputers; title: Putting supercomputers to work: Supercomputer centers; title: Supercomputers and science; title: Supercomputers and industrial design; title: New tools for the entertainment industry; title: Supercomputing across the internet; title: Supercomputers in the twenty-first century: Obstacles in the path of supercomputer growth; title: Three areas for advancement; title: Optical and quantum computing; title: Supercomputers on the desktop?; title: Glossary; title: Further reading; title: World wide web sites; title: Index.