§ 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) "Network" means a computer network referred to as the National Research and Education Network established under section 5512 of this title; and
• (5) "Program" means the National High-Performance Computing Program described in section 5511 of this title.