noun
Fifth Generation Computer System; FGCS
Historical computing term for a Japanese national project in the 1980s–1990s aimed at developing massively parallel computers for artificial intelligence.
第五世代コンピュータは、日本の国家プロジェクトとして知られている。
The Fifth Generation Computer System is known as a Japanese national project.
Compound of 第五 (fifth) + 世代 (generation) + コンピュータ (computer), referring to the fifth generation of computing as envisioned in the 1980s Japanese project.