Sentence examples for a large number of computers from inspiring English sources

Much like multiprocessing, which uses two or more processors in one computer to carry out a task, distributed computing uses a large number of computers to split up the computational load.

Rather, a large number of computers dedicate themselves to keeping the system running.

Moreover, because of Microsoft's monopoly, a hacker can exploit one security flaw to attack a large number of computers all running the same inferior software, amplifying the risks.

But when a large number of computers are linked together to deal with an extremely complex problem, there may simply be too much data to store.

In the first, known as a SYN flood, attackers hack into -- and install software on -- a large number of computers, then use those machines to bombard the victim site with requests to start an e-commerce session.

In distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, hackers, using malware, hijack a large number of computers to create botnets, groups of zombie computers that then attack other targeted computers, preventing their proper function.

When a large number of computer cores can be used simultaneously, MPI can greatly reduce the computation time.

Its technical colleges produced a large number of computer-savvy people: the Czech Technical University (CTU), in Prague, offered courses in control theory from the early days of computing.

"We inquired whether Mr. Thompson had taken a large number of computer science courses, perhaps allowing him to justify to himself that he had 'earned' such a degree," Mr. Loeb wrote of his conversation with Stonehill, a Catholic school outside Boston.

Hales' proof consists of about 300 pages of text and a large number of computer calculations.

During the last years a large number of computer based equipment had been installed in nuclear power plants.