Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the , Ohio -- Kevin Maloney installs the newest high performance computer system in Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal
adj.
Of or relating to aeronautics.
aer o·nau Systems Center's major shared resource Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. center. The new system expands the resource center's supercomputing capability to more than 4,100 processors spread across five separate shared memory systems. Maloney is with a contractor providing onsite support.
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U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. David Cromwell
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