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hypercube

hypercube

9.5
A computer network design linking computers like the corners of a cube in more dimensions
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪpərˌkjub/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipercubo
  • The researchers built a hypercube to test the performance of parallel algorithms across multiple computers.

Examples

  • The decomposition Eq. (11) is an expansion in eigenfunctions of the graph Laplacian of the hypercube, which is also known as a Walsh transform in computer science.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Their 1024-processor supercomputer was wired in a complicated interconnection scheme, a hypercube, that could be conceptualized as a mesh of ten-dimensional "cubes."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • On the hypercube, there exist exactly Formula omitted direct paths between any two genotypes; in particular, there are L direct paths between a genotype and its antipode.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Direct paths on the hypercube mutate each locus at most once, i.e., there are no backwards mutations or mutational reversions 18.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In a hypercube network, each processor connects to several neighbors, allowing efficient communication between nodes.

  • To visualize complex data relationships, they used a hypercube structure in their new data analysis software.

How Connected

mesh
  • Specialized
6 6.6
hypercube
  • Specialized
9.5
ring
501 2.8
line
3.2

Surface Forms

hypercube singular
hypercubes plural

Morphology

hypercube = cube (semi-transparent) = hyper + cube

The morphological form is clear, but the network-topology meaning is a specialized technical application of the geometric term rather than something most learners could infer outright.

Etymology

Hypercube comes from hyper- 'beyond' and cube 'a box in three dimensions', and in computing it describes a network where processors sit like the corners of a cube that is extended into many dimensions. That's why a hypercube network gives many 'directions' or paths between nodes, helping fast communication.