Supercomputers
Here are entered works on machines capable of performing hundreds of millions of floating-point operations per second, and having word length in the order of 64 bits and main memory size measured in millions of words.
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Supercomputers: Directions in Technology and Applications (1989), by National Research Council Computer Science and Technology Board (page images with commentary at NAP)- High Performance Computing (electronic edition, 2009), by Charles R. Severance and Kevin Dowd (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Frontiers of Supercomputing II: A National Reassessment (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994), ed. by Karyn R. Ames and Alan Brenner (HTML at UC Press)
- An Agenda for Improved Evaluation of Supercomputer Performance, by National Research Council Committee on Supercomputer Performance and Development (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Dance of Time (included on a Baen CD image; c2006), by Eric Flint and David Drake
- Destiny's Shield, by Eric Flint and David Drake (multiple formats at freedoors.org)
- Fortune's Stroke (included on a Baen CD image), by Eric Flint and David Drake
- High-Performance Computing and Networking for Science: Background Paper (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: High performance computing- Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing (second edition, revised 2016), by Victor Eijkhout, contrib. by Edmond Chow and Robert A. Van de Geijn (PDF with commentary at bitbucket.org)
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing (Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, c2006), by Mike Ebbers, Frank Byrne, Pilar Gonzalez Abrados, Martin Rodney, and Joe Veilleux
- Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)
- Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research (1999), by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML at NAP)
- High Performance Computing (electronic edition, 2009), by Charles R. Severance and Kevin Dowd (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Communicating Sequential Processes, by C. A. R. Hoare (PDF with commentary at usingcsp.com)
- Data-Intensive Text Processing With MapReduce (prepublication version, 2010), by Jimmy Lin and Chris Dyer (PDF at umd.edu)
- Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction (c2022), by Nathaniel Johnston and Dave Greene (PDF with commentary at conwaylife.com)
- Classical Cellular Automata: Mathematical Theory and Applications (Saarbrucken: Scholar's Press, 2014), by V. Z. Aladʹev (zipped PDF at yandex.com)
- Exploring Discrete Dynamics: The DDLab Manual (Frome, UK: Luniver Press, c2011), by Andrew Wuensche (PDF and page images with commentary in the UK)
- A New Kind of Science (Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, c2002), by Stephen Wolfram (illustrated HTML at wolframscience.com)
- The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (c2016), by G. 't Hooft (PDF and EPub with commentary at springer.com)
- Evolution of Parallel Cellular Machines: The Cellular Programming Approach (electronic edition, c2004), by Moshe Sipper (PDF with commentary via moshesipper.com)
- Cellular Automata and Complexity: Collected Papers, by Stephen Wolfram (PDF files at stephenwolfram.com)
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing (Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, c2006), by Mike Ebbers, Frank Byrne, Pilar Gonzalez Abrados, Martin Rodney, and Joe Veilleux
- Digital Deli: The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy (1984), ed. by Steve Ditlea (HTML at atariarchives.org)
- Introduction to Computing: Explorations in Language, Logic, and Machines (2011), by David Evans (PDF and HTML with commentary at computingbook.org)
- High Performance Computing (electronic edition, 2009), by Charles R. Severance and Kevin Dowd (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: Networking (Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, c2006), by Mike Ebbers, Christopher Hastings, Matt Nuttall, and Micky Reichenberg (PDF at ibm.com)
- Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1962), by Leon Lapidus (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notes on Digital Computers and Data Processors, Prepared for Special Summer Conferences at the University of Michigan (supplements not included, some pages out of order; 1956), ed. by John W. Carr and Norman R. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics (third edition; Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, 2011), by Mike Ebbers, John Kettner, Wayne O'Brien, and Bill Ogden (PDF at ibm.com)
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: Security (Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM International Technical Support Organization, 2007), by Rica Weller, Ross Clements, Ken Dugdale, Per Fremstad, Helmut Hellner, Olegario Hernandez, William C. Johnston, Patrick Kappeler, Linda Kochersberger, Abey Tedla, Jeff Thompson, and Ashwin Venkatraman (multiple formats at ibm.com)
- Stack Computers: The New Wave, by Philip Koopman (HTML at CMU)
- Compute!'s First Book of Atari (Greensboro, NC: COMPUTE! Books, c1981) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
- A Report on the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer): Report of Work Under Contract No. W-670-ORD-4926 Between Ordnance Department, United States Army, Washington, D.C. and The University of Pennsylvania, Moore School of Engineering, Philadelphia, Pa. (5 volumes; Philadelphia: Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1946), by Moore School of Electrical Engineering, contrib. by Arthur W. Burks, Harry D. Huskey, Jeffrey Chuan Chu, James C. Cummings, J. H. Davis, Thomas K. Sharpless, Robert F. Shaw, and Adele K. Goldstine
- Volume 1 (Eniac Operating Manual): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 2 (Maintenance Manual): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volumes 3 and 4 (Part I, Technical Description of the ENIAC): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 5 (Part II, Technical Description of the ENIAC): multiple formats at archive.org
- Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction, by Hassan Aït-Kaci (PDF and other formats at Sourceforge)
- A Third Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems (1961), by Martin H. Weik (HTML at ed-thelen.org)
- Computer Structures: Readings and Examples, ed. by C. Gordon Bell and Allen Newell (illustrtaed HTML at Microsoft)
- A Third Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems (1961), by Martin H. Weik (HTML at ed-thelen.org)
- B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology From Writing to the Age of Digital Data (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), by S. E. Robertson (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Reckoners: The Prehistory of the Digital Computer, From Relays to the Stored Program Concept, 1935-1945, by Paul E. Ceruzzi (illustrated HTML at ed-thelen.org)
- Theory of Computing (2005-) (full serial archives)
- Evolution of Parallel Cellular Machines: The Cellular Programming Approach (electronic edition, c2004), by Moshe Sipper (PDF with commentary via moshesipper.com)
- 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2012), by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas, Casey Reas, Mark Sample, and Noah Vawter (PDF with commentary at 10print.org and MIT)
- Electronic Computer Projects for Commodore and Atari Personal Computers (1986), by Soori Sivakumaran (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
- Elements of Programming (authors' edition; 2019), by Alexander A. Stepanov and Paul McJones (PDF files with commentary at elementsofprogramming.com)
- Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2017), by Divakar Viswanath (illustrated HTML at github.io)
- Programming and Programming Languages (2016), by Shriram Krishnamurthi (HTML at Brown)
- How to Design Programs (second edition, c2014), by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi (HTML at neu.edu)
- Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (version 2, 2014), by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
- Learn to Program Using Python (c2011), by Cody Jackson (PDF in Sweden)
- 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know (wiki version, ca. 2010), ed. by Kevlin Henney (HTML at oreilly.com)
- How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing (electronic version, 2002), by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi (illustrated HTML with commentary at htdp.org)
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist; Learning With Python (original edition (superseded by Think Python); c2002), by Allen Downey, Chris Meyers, and Jeffrey Elkner (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
- Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation (c1999), by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, and Peter Sestoft (PDF and Postscript with commentary in Denmark)
- Computer Science Logo Style (second edition, 3 volumes; c1997), by Brian Harvey
- Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp (c1992), by Peter Norvig (multiple formats with commentary at Github)
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (second edition, 2020), by Al Sweigart (illustrated HTML with commentary at automatetheboringstuff.com)
- Programming in Martin-Löf's Type Theory: An Introduction (c1990), by Bengt Nordström, Kent Petersson, and Jan M. Smith (PDF and Postscript in Sweden)
- How to Code in Python 3 (New York: DigitalOcean, ca. 2018), by Lisa Tagliaferri (PDF at digitalocean.com)
- Think Julia: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (online edition, c2018), by Ben Lauwens and Allen Downey (HTML with commentary at githun.io)
- The Coder's Apprentice: Learning Programming with Python 3 (2017), by Pieter Spronck (PDF with commentary at spronck.net)
- A Little Smalltalk (c1987), by Timothy Budd (PDF at unibe.ch)
- Python 101 (c2017), by Michael Driscoll (illustrated HTML with commentary at pythonlibrary.org)
- Learning J: An Introduction to the J Programming Language (revised 2015), by Roger Stokes (HTML at jsoftware.com)
- The Nature of Code (c2012), by Daniel Shiffman, ed. by Shannon Fry, illust. by Zannah Marsh (illustrated HTML with commentary at natureofcode.com)
- The Craft of Programming (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, et al.: Prentice-Hall International, c1981), by John C. Reynolds (PDF at CMU)
- Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code (prepublication version, 2011), by Jörg Arndt (PDF and other formats at jjj.de)
- Introduction to Computer Science using Java (2018), by Bradley Kjell (illustrated HTML at programmedlessons.org)
- A FORTRAN Coloring Book (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c1978), by Roger Emanuel Kaufman (page images with commentary at GWU)
- COBOL: A Self-Instructional Manual (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1963), by James A. Saxon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Communicating Sequential Processes, by C. A. R. Hoare (PDF with commentary at usingcsp.com)
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++ Version, by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Think Java, by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
- Larch: Languages and Tools for Formal Specification, ed. by John V. Guttag and James J. Horning (Postscript at MIT)
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (second edition, 1996, with supporting materials), by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman, contrib. by Alan J. Perlis (HTML at MIT Press)
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: JavaScript Edition, by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, ed. by Martin Henz and Tobias Wrigstad, contrib. by Julie Sussman (illustrated HTML with commentary at sourceadacemy.org)
- Watch What I Do: Programming by Demonstration, ed. by Allen Cypher (illustrated HTML at acypher.com)
- Certified Programming with Dependent Types (latest electronic edition), by Adam Chlipala (PDF and HTML with commentary at chlipala.net)
- Études for Elixir, ed. by J. David Eisenberg (HTML and other files at Github)
- Programming From the Ground Up, by Jonathan Bartlett, ed. by Dominick Bruno
- Scala Book (free online edition), by Alvin Alexander (multiple formats with commentary at alvinalexander.com)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.