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- [meyn-freym]
- /ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm/
- /ˈmeɪn.freɪm/
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- [meyn-freym]
- /ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm/
Definitions of mainframe word
- noun mainframe a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users. 1
- noun mainframe A large high-speed computer, especially one supporting numerous workstations or peripherals. 1
- noun mainframe central computer 1
- noun Definition of mainframe in Technology (computer) A 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 time-sharing 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 (see Cray)), having been swamped by the recent huge advances in integrated circuit technology and low-cost personal computing. As of 1993, corporate America is just beginning to figure this out - the wave of failures, takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers have certainly provided sufficient omens (see dinosaurs mating). Supporters claim that mainframes still house 90% of the data major businesses rely on for mission-critical applications, attributing this to their superior performance, reliability, scalability, and security compared to microprocessors. 1
- countable noun mainframe A mainframe or mainframe computer is a large powerful computer which can be used by many people at the same time and which can do very large or complicated tasks. 0
- noun mainframe a high-speed general-purpose computer, usually with a large storage capacity 0
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Origin of mainframe
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; main1 + frame
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Parts of speech for Mainframe
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mainframe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mainframe usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mainframe
noun mainframe
- clone — If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- adding machine — a mechanical device, operated manually or electrically, for adding and often subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
- number cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
Antonyms for mainframe
noun mainframe
- mismanagement — The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
- employees — Plural form of employee.
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