boast 1. v. boastÂ·ed, boastÂ·ing, boasts. v. intr. To talk or write about oneself or something related to oneself in a proud or self-admiring way. v. tr.
A supercomputer is a computer that performs at or near the currently highest operational rate for computers. A supercomputer is typically used for scientific and engineering applications that must handle very large databases or do a great amount of computation (or both).
US supercomputers made up five of the world's top 10 systems in the Top500. Also, with 169 supercomputers in the Top500, the US leads, just ahead of China's 160 systems. Other top supercomputing nations include Japan, which has 33 supercomputers, while Germany has 28, France has 17, and the UK has 17.