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mainframe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | c.p.u., central processing unit, central processor, cpu, processor |
| Type of | computer hardware, electronic equipment, hardware |
mainframe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mainframe computer |
| Type of | digital computer |
| Has types | supercomputer |
Examples of mainframe
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A weak spot was IBM's crucial mainframe business, which saw a 15% sales decline.
From the forbes.com
We now have the return of the mainframe, and the mainframe is a set of computers.
From the businessweek.com
Earlier this year it launched an antitrust probe into IBM's mainframe business.
From the usatoday.com
Historically, I.B.M. has faced off against competitors in the mainframe market.
From the post-gazette.com
Familiarity with mainframe environments will also be helpful but is not critical.
From the jobview.monster.com
This became a standard size for mainframe and minicomputer drives for many years.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Outside of mainframe environment, tape drives and libraries mostly featured SCSI.
From the en.wikipedia.org
When I was at Glidden, it was when mainframe computers were just coming around.
From the huffingtonpost.com
These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld devices.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
- Central processing unit: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"
- Mainframe was an Electropop band from Hemel Hempstead, 26 miles north of London, England. Formed in 1982, it comprised two main members, unknown musicians Murray Munro (born 1963) and John Molloy (born 1960). ...
- Mainframe is a fictional character who appeared in the Marvel Comics series A-Next.
- Action Masters was a sub-line of the Transformers toy line.
- Mainframes (often colloquially referred to as Big Iron) are powerful computers used mainly by large organizations for critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.
- (mainframes) Biggest, fastest and most expensive class of computer.
- Mostly a mainframe is only a mainframe when compared to a desktop computer. It's bigger and much more powerful. Sometimes it's called a server or CPU.
- A high-level computer often shared by multiple users connected by individual terminals.
