15 U.S.C. § 5503
Section 5503 · Definitions
Current version, with additions and removals from the October 28, 1998 version.
As used in this chapter, the term—
As used in this chapter, the term—
(1) "cyber-physical systems" means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and physical elements are deeply integrated and are actively connected to the physical world through sensors, actuators, or other means to enable safe and effective, real-time performance in safety-critical and other applications;
(3) “high-performance computing” means advanced computing, communications, and information technologies, including scientific workstations, supercomputer systems (including vector supercomputers and large scale parallel systems), high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, and applications and systems software;
(4) "high-end computing" means the most advanced and capable computing systems, including their hardware, storage, networking and software, encompassing both massive computational capability and large-scale data analytics to solve computational problems of national importance that are beyond the capability of small- to medium-scale systems, including computing formerly known as high-performance computing;
(5) “Network” means a computer network referred to as the National Research and Education Network established under section 5512 of this title; and
(6) "networking and information technology" means high-end computing, communications, and information technologies, high-capacity and high-speed networks, special purpose and experimental systems, high-end computing systems software and applications software, and the management of large data sets;
(7) "participating agency" means an agency described in section 5511(a)(3)(C) of this title;
(9) "Program Component Areas" means the major subject areas under which related individual projects and activities carried out under the Program are grouped.