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  2. Speedtest.net - Wikipedia

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    Each test measures the data rate for the download direction, i.e. from the server to the user computer, and the upload data rate, i.e. from the user's computer to the server. The tests are performed within the user's web browser or within mobile apps. As of 17 February 2024, over 52.3 billion Internet speed tests have been completed. [8]

  3. Instructions per second - Wikipedia

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    Instructions per second. Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer 's processor speed. For complex instruction set computers (CISCs), different instructions take different amounts of time, so the value measured depends on the instruction mix; even for comparing processors in the same family the IPS measurement can be problematic.

  4. Operation Warp Speed - Wikipedia

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    Operation Warp Speed, initially funded with about $10 billion from the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) passed by the United States Congress on March 27, 2020, [1] was an interagency program that includes components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

  5. FLOPS - Wikipedia

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    $20 billion $204 billion A basic installation of IBM 7030 Stretch had a cost at the time of US$7.78 million each. The IBM 7030 Stretch performs one floating-point multiply every 2.4 microseconds. [78] Second-generation (transistor-based) computer. 1984 $20,000,000 $100,000,000 Cray X-MP/48 $15,000,000 / 0.8 GFLOPS.

  6. Ground-Based Interceptor - Wikipedia

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    The Pentagon's Office of Cost and Program Evaluation (CAPE) estimated on April 29, 2021, that it would cost $17.7 billion to develop, deploy, and maintain the next-generation interceptor (NGI). This includes billions to build a total of 21 NGIs, each costing at least $74 million, and maybe more, depending on the exact allocation of funding for ...

  7. Supercomputer - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 September 2024. Type of extremely powerful computer For other uses, see Supercomputer (disambiguation). The IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer "Intrepid" at Argonne National Laboratory runs 164,000 processor cores using normal data center air conditioning, grouped in 40 racks/cabinets connected by a high ...

  8. Tsar Bomba - Wikipedia

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    The Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба, romanized: Tsar'-bomba, IPA: [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə], lit. ' Tsar bomb'; code name: Ivan[5] or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical designation " AN602 ", was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, and the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested. [6][7] The Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov ...

  9. Hyperloop - Wikipedia

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    Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportation system for both passengers and freight. [1] The concept was published by Elon Musk in a 2013 white paper, where the hyperloop was described as a transportation system using capsules supported by an air-bearing surface within a low-pressure tube. [2] Hyperloop systems have three essential ...