Definitions for Mainframe
ˈmeɪnˌfreɪmmain·frame

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mainframe, mainframe computernoun

   a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

2. central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframenoun

   (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"

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1. mainframenoun

   A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. At any given point in development of computer technology, the mainframe will be faster, have large main memeory, and be more capable than a minicomputer, which will in turn be faster and more capable than a personal computer. The typical personal computer in 1999 is faster than a mainframe was in 1970.

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1. mainframenoun

   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

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1. mainframe

   A mainframe is a high-performance computer system that is used for large-scale computing purposes. It is capable of processing and managing massive amounts of data, supporting thousands of users and applications simultaneously. Mainframes are typically used by larger organizations like corporations, banks, government agencies, and universities to perform critical functions such as bulk data processing, enterprise resource planning, and transaction processing.

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1. mainframe

   Term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or ‘main frame’ of a room-filling Stone Age batch machine. After the emergence of smaller minicomputer designs in the early 1970s, the traditional big iron machines were described as ‘mainframe computers’ and eventually just as mainframes. The term carries the connotation of a machine designed for batch rather than interactive use, though possibly with an interactive timesharing operating system retrofitted onto it; it is especially used of machines built by IBM, Unisys, and the other great dinosaurs surviving from computing's Stone Age.It has been common wisdom among hackers since the late 1980s that the mainframe architectural tradition is essentially dead (outside of the tiny market for number-crunching supercomputers having been swamped by the recent huge advances in IC technology and low-cost personal computing. The wave of failures, takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers in the early 1990s bore this out. The biggest mainframer of all, IBM, was compelled to re-invent itself as a huge systems-consulting house. (See dinosaurs mating and killer micro).However, in yet another instance of the cycle of reincarnation, the port of Linux to the IBM S/390 architecture in 1999 — assisted by IBM — produced a resurgence of interest in mainframe computing as a way of providing huge quantities of easily maintainable, reliable virtual Linux servers, saving IBM's mainframe division from almost certain extinction.

Matched Categories

1. • Digital Computer
   • Electronic Equipment
   • Hardware

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mainframe' in Nouns Frequency: #2867

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce Mainframe?

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How to say Mainframe in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mainframe in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mainframe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Mainframe in a Sentence

1. Adel Al-Saleh:

   The mainframe services partnership with IBM would have been beneficial for all parties, given the Federal Cartel Office position, we have decided to pursue other alternatives to drive value to our clients.

2. Hamid Bendaas:

   When we ran for AG, his campaign slogan was that he was going to be the 'people's lawyer,' that was the mainframe of everything we tried to do.

3. Anonymous:

   The NeXT Computer The hardware makes it a PC, the software makes it a workstation, the unit sales makes it a mainframe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mainframe
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Mainframe
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mainframe
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Mainframe
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Mainframe