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===The name ===
The name Blue Gene comes from what it was originally designed to do, help biologists understand the processes of [[protein folding]] and [[genetics|gene development]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/bluegene/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403015415/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/bluegene/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2012|title=IBM100 - Blue Gene|date=7 March 2012|website=03.ibm.com|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> "Blue" is a traditional moniker that IBM uses for many of its products and [[IBM#Brand and reputation|the company itself]]. The original Blue Gene design was renamed "Blue Gene/C" and eventually [[Cyclops64]]. The "L" in Blue Gene/L comes from "Light" as that design's original name was "Blue Light". The "P" version was designed to be a [[Petascale computing|petascale]] design. "Q" is just the letter after "P".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTC7BQAAQBAJ&q=%22Blue+Gene%2FL%22+%22light%22&pg=PA318|title=Supercomputing: 28th International Supercomputing Conference, ISC 2013, Leipzig, Germany, June 16-20, 2013. Proceedings|first1=Julian M.|last1=Kunkel|first2=Thomas|last2=Ludwig|first3=Hans|last3=Meuer|date=12 June 2013|publisher=Springer|access-date=13 October 2017|via=Google Books|isbn=9783642387500}}</ref>