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mainframe
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mainframe
n.
main computer which can serve many users simultaneously (Computers)
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Mainframe computer
Mainframe computers (colloquially referred to as "big iron") are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning and transaction processing.
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mainframe
Noun
1. a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
(synonym) mainframe computer
(hypernym) digital computer
(hyponym) supercomputer
2. (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
(synonym) central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor
(hypernym) electronic equipment
(part-holonym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(part-meronym) CPU board, mother board
(classification) computer science, computing
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mainframe
nm.
mainframe, main computer which can serve many users simultaneously (Computers)
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mainframe
n.
výkonný centrální počítač
