15-U.S.C.-5503
§5503 – Definitions
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- USCode Year: 2013
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As used in this chapter, the term—
(1) Director means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(2) Grand Challenge means a fundamental problem in science or engineering, with broad economic and scientific impact, whose solution will require the application of high-performance computing resources and multidisciplinary teams of researchers;
(3) high-performance computing means advanced computing, communications, and information technologies, including supercomputer systems, high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, applications and systems software, and the management of large data sets;
(4) Internet means the international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable data networks;
(5) Network means a computer network referred to as the National Research and Education Network established under section 5512 of this title;
(6) Program means the National High-Performance Computing Program described in section 5511 of this title; and
(7) Program Component Areas means the major subject areas under which related individual projects and activities carried out under the Program are grouped.
(Pub. L. 102–194, §4, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1595; Pub. L. 105–305, §7(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2924; Pub. L. 110–69, title VII, §7024(a)(2), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 689.)
Amendments
2007—Par. (2). Pub. L. 110–69, §7024(a)(2)(A), inserted and multidisciplinary teams of researchers after high-performance computing resources.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 110–69, §7024(a)(2)(B), struck out scientific workstations, after technologies, including and (including vector supercomputers and large scale parallel systems) after supercomputer systems, substituted applications for and applications, and inserted , and the management of large data sets after systems software.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 110–69, §7024(a)(2)(C), struck out packet switched before data networks.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 110–69, §7024(a)(2)(D)–(F), added par. (7).
1998—Pars. (4) to (6). Pub. L. 105–305 added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively.
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