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Crayette

Crayette noun: any minisupercomputer with an instruction set compatible with those of Cray supercomputers.

Noun

Crayette (plural Crayettes)

  1. (dated, informal) Any minisupercomputer with an instruction set compatible with those of Cray supercomputers.

Forms of Crayette

pluralCrayettes

Origin of Crayette

From Cray + -ette; coined by the industry magazine Datamation.

Questions about Crayette

What does Crayette mean?
Crayette means any minisupercomputer with an instruction set compatible with those of Cray supercomputers.
What part of speech is Crayette?
Crayette is a noun.
What is the plural of Crayette?
The plural of Crayette is Crayettes.

Words near Crayette in the dictionary

  1. Craycrafts
  2. craye
  3. crayer
  4. crayers
  5. crayes
  6. Crayette
  7. Crayettes
  8. crayfish
  9. Crayfish Creek
  10. crayfish snake
  11. crayfish snakes

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