TV series example of the word
The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 3
Here's the problem. I was clearly signed up to use the mainframe in Buckman 204...
Definitions of mainframe in English
noun
(1) A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room.
(2) (computer science, a microprocessor chip.
(3) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
(4) The CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached.
Examples of mainframe in English
(1) Cumbersome mainframe systems
(2) The new Unix boxes and Fujitsu mainframe systems are to incorporate the same architecture, the company says.
(3) On its higher end Unix and mainframe systems, IBM uses in-house technology for these types of tasks.
(4) Firms such as IBM could sell a mainframe computer for just under u00a3u00bd million pounds in today's money.
(5) IBM has shuffled a huge chunk of its mainframe support operations off to South Africa in a bid to cut costs.
(6) IBM was at that time the largest supplier of mainframe computer systems.
(7) An aging mainframe system was left untouched, instead of being replaced.
(8) Thirteen years ago, three airlines pooled their mainframe computing systems and created Worldspan.
(9) IBM brings mainframe scalability to open systems platforms.
(10) IBM mainframe computers proved to have more than four-year lives, but not by much.
(11) IBM has tried to keep customers interested by adding Linux support to its mainframe boxes.
(12) The new offering is designed for those who want to stay with their mainframe systems.
(13) All data were entered into a SAS database using the mainframe computer at UNMC.
(14) In those days, mainframe computers were coming into usage and electronic calculators were also just appearing.
(15) Unless you are using a mainframe computer, the level of risk to data loss and theft from unauthorized access is growing daily.
(16) You may be able to cut the energy mainframes use but a lot of energy is still required to cool the machines.
(17) Terabytes of storage residing on tape is more economical than residing on mainframes in open systems.
(18) There are over 140,000 employees and over 3500 people on PCs and mainframes that I support.
(19) Despite the proliferation of computers of every size, mainframes still house most of the world's data.
(20) That $10,000 was an unprecedented value compared with the cost of mainframes and minicomputers.
(21) Of course, it helps that mainframes have full-time technicians available to keep them up and running.
synonyms of mainframe
processor
central processing unit
central processor
