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 PUBLIC LAW 102-194—DEC. 9, 1991 105 STAT. 1595 (1) expanding Federal support for research, development, and application of high-performance computing in order to— (A) establish a high-capacity and high-speed National Research and Education Network; (B) expand the number of researchers, educators, and students with training in high-performance computing and access to high-performance computing resources; • (C) promote the further development of an information infrastructure of data bases, services, access mechanisms, and research facilities available for use through the Network; (D) stimulate research on software technology; (E) promote the more rapid development and wider distribution of computing software tools and applications software; (F) accelerate the development of computing systems and subsystems; (G) provide for the application of high-performance computing to Grand Challenges; (H) invest in basic research and education, and promote the inclusion of high-performance computing into educational institutions at all levels; and (I) promote greater collaboration among government. Federal laboratories, industry, high-performance computing centers, and universities; and (2) improving the interagency planning and coordination of Federal research and development on high-performance computing and maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government's high-performance computing efforts. SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 15 USC 5503. As used in this Act, 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), highcapacity 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 102; and (5) "Program" means the National High-Performance Computing Program described in section 101. TITLE I—HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK SEC. 101. NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PROGRAM. 15 USC 5511. (a) NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— (1) The President. President shall implement a National High-Performance Computing Program, which shall—

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