The Metacomputer: One from ManyThe metacomputer is, simply put, a collection of computers held together by state-of-the-art technology and "balanced" so that, to the individual user, it looks and acts like a single computer.
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National MetaCenter
for Computational Science and EngineeringMetaCenter, n.: a coalescence of intellectual and physical resources unlimited by geographical constraint; a synthesis of individual centers that by combining resources creates a new resource greater than the sum of its parts.
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