15 U.S.C. § 5541
Section 5541 · Definitions
Viewing 15 U.S.C. § 5541 as in effect on November 30, 2004. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent September 28, 2018).
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(1) Center
The term “Center” means a High-End Software Development Center established under section 5542(d) of this title.
(2) High-end computing system
The term “high-end computing system” means a computing system with performance that substantially exceeds that of systems that are commonly available for advanced scientific and engineering applications.
(3) Leadership System
The term “Leadership System” means a high-end computing system that is among the most advanced in the world in terms of performance in solving scientific and engineering problems.
(4) Institution of higher education
The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of title 20.
(5) Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 108–423, Nov. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2400, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5501 of this title and Tables.
Codification
This section was enacted as part of the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 which comprises this chapter.