I'm well aware of the work that can be accomplished by distributed computer systems and clusters. I worked for GE Engineering Services for 25 years and we had a computer system called the DMC ( distributed Micro Computer) We had Hundreds of these all sharing work over a reflective memory network with Vax computer clusters suppling man machine interface and recipes. By your definition these would be supercomputers. These would be capacity computers or quasi-supercomputers.

My problems is the use of the term Supercomputer to describe a cluster of independent computers preforming complex task. These are Quasi-Supercomputers and do not come close to the true computing power of a true supercomputer that is a Capability computer manufactured by the likes of Cray, IBM, or HP. I guess the word Supercomputer is a little over worked in todays world because even Google uses a quasi-supercomputer for their search engine. I may be a little sensitive about this subject because I have worked around a
true Supercomputer and the one described in this writeup does not meet my criteria. Compared to some of the computers I have worked with, the PC I am posting with is a Supercomputer.