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 Definitions for cray: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Crare \Crare\ (kr?r), n. [OF. craier, creer, croyer, ship of
war, LL. craiera, creyera, perh. from G. krieger warrior, or
D. krijger.]
A slow unwieldy trading vessel. [Obs.] [Written also
crayer, cray, and craie.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Cray \Cray\ (kr[=a]), Crayer \Cray"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
See Crare. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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cray /kray/ n. 1. (properly, capitalized) One of the line of
supercomputers designed by Cray Research. 2. Any supercomputer at all.
3. The canonical {number-crunching} machine.
The term is actually the lowercased last name of Seymour Cray, a noted
computer architect and co-founder of the company. Numerous vivid legends
surround him, some true and some admittedly invented by Cray Research
brass to shape their corporate culture and image.
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