§ 5503. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5503]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 81--HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
Sec. 5503. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term--
(1) ``Director'' means the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy;
(2) ``Grand Challenge'' means a fundamental problem in science
or engineering, with broad economic and scientific impact, whose
solution will require the application of high-performance computing
resources;
(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) ``Internet'' means the international computer network of
both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data
networks;
(5) ``Network'' means a computer network referred to as the
National Research and Education Network established under section
5512 of this title; and
(6) ``Program'' means the National High-Performance Computing
Program described in section 5511 of this title.
(Pub. L. 102-194, Sec. 4, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1595; Pub. L. 105-305,
Sec. 7(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2924.)
Amendments
1998--Pars. (4) to (6). Pub. L. 105-305 added par. (4) and
redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively.
