Definition of Mainframe computer

1. Noun. A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room.

Exact synonyms: Mainframe
Generic synonyms: Digital Computer
Specialized synonyms: Supercomputer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mainframe Computer

main verb
main yard
mainboard
mainboards
mainboom
mainbooms
mainbrace
mainbraces
maincrop
maindoor
maindoors
maindrag
mained
mainest
mainframe
mainframe computer (current term)
mainframelike
mainframes
mainie
mainies
maining
mainland
mainland China
mainland Chinese
mainlander
mainlanders
mainlands
mainline
mainlined
mainliner

Literary usage of Mainframe computer

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1. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"In the mid-1980's, workstations were introduced that blur the distinctions between desktop computers and larger scale minicomputer and mainframe computer ..."

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