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metacomputer

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metacomputer [ˌmɛtəkəmˈpjuːtə]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
metacomputing  n


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In a sense, each national supercomputing center already acts as a metacomputer, invisibly shuffling programs and files from supercomputer to massively parallel machine to graphics computer to mass-storage device to workstation.
 
 
 
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