mainframe
A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate…A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.
» Ethel spent decades programming mainframes.
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3 sensesA large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.
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A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.
- a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
Examples
3 sentencesEthel spent decades programming mainframes.
Mainframes are much less important now than they were when no working computer would fit on a desk.
The scientists used an IBM mainframe computer to make their calculations.
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Origin
From main + frame.From main + frame.
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Forms
plural: mainframesSynonyms
8 synonyms- a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room:mainframe computer
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing:central processing unitCPUC.P.U.central processorprocessor
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