mainframe
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm/
- Specialized
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mainframe
- Several users accessed the mainframe at the same time to retrieve important information.
- mainframe computer
- mainframe system
- mainframe software
Now what happened was people stopped wanting mainframes, so they were losing money.
- Now what happened was people stopped wanting mainframes, so they were losing money.
- They use really old technology, really old mainframes.
- And so that was a like a snapshot, a program in my mainframe.
- So in a way, the Abcdicity of it could be confined to the mainframes and kept behind the IBM wall, as it were.
- Even IBM customers won't be able to afford to buy, let alone air condition, one of these mainframes per programmer.
- And right right now the money system actually for practical purposes is, is is really a bunch of heterogeneous mainframes running old COBOL.
- And they have several backup copies of him and the mainframe gets destroyed and then he gets rebooted and he's like, well, what am I?
- You know, cost of a mainframe simulation these days?
- Oren agreed to leave his bedroom, stop downloading content to his mainframe and come here today.
- On the moon, there is a mainframe that downloads your laser beams information.
- And they were doing it with really old technology and they were kind of mainframe systems.
- Just like Michael mentioned, VR might be the next phase, but only time really is going to tell mainframe games.
- And so the reason why the personal computer killed digital equipment in the mainframe computers was the microprocessor was extendable upmarket.
Examples
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Early computer mainframes and their accompanying software and input devices were expensive and required detailed training.
Academic text (2012) -
Andy, I need you to get back into the mainframe, okay?
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Run that against the mainframe for me, OK?
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You can access the mainframe by remote.
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I'll enter that into the mainframe.
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The large S/390 mainframe of that time was an extremely capable system.
Academic text (1999) -
The architecture outlined in Figure I could also be implemented in a mainframe computing environment.
Academic text (1992) -
Reacting to this changing environment, IBM developed a mainframe transformation strategy that is currently successful.
Academic text (1997) -
Captain, crosscheck Fat Bastard's profile with the mainframe at Langley.
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The company's data was processed quickly and efficiently using the mainframe.
Synonyms
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4.6
A very large machine that processes large amounts of data for big organizations
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.6
A very large machine that processes large amounts of data for big organizations
How Powerful
- Specialized
28
5.5
- Specialized
59
5.3
- Specialized
351
3.0
- Specialized
11
4.2
43
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mainframe comes from two simple words: main meaning 'most important' and frame meaning 'support' or 'structure', because early computers were large machines with a main frame that held their parts. So a mainframe is the central, powerful computer that supports a company's big data work and many users at once.