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mainframe

[ meyn-freym ]

noun

Computers.
  1. a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users.


mainframe

/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²ÔËŒ´Ú°ù±ðɪ³¾ /

noun

    1. a high-speed general-purpose computer, usually with a large storage capacity
    2. ( as modifier )

      mainframe systems

  1. the central processing unit of a computer
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mainframe

/ ³¾Äå²Ô′´Ú°ùÄ峾′ /

  1. A large, often powerful computer, usually dedicated to lengthy, complex calculations or set up for use by many people simultaneously.

mainframe

  1. A large, powerful computer system. A mainframe computer typically carries out complex calculations and is shared by many users. ( Compare personal computer .)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mainframe1

First recorded in 1960–65; main 1 + frame
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He first got access to an early mainframe computer via a teletype machine at the school, after the mothers held a jumble sale to raise the money.

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He was among a handful of influential engineers whose designs formed the vital bridge between the room-size models of the mainframe era and the advent of the personal computer.

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Despite Mother’s “get out of jail free†card, she was still determined to climb the wall and hack into the company’s mainframe.

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He took courses, learned code and even devoted time to using an IBM mainframe computer.

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Martin Goetz, who joined the computer industry in its infancy in the mid-1950s as a programmer working on Univac mainframes and who later received the first U.S. patent for software, died on Oct.

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