Mainframe

Word MAINFRAME
Character 9
Hyphenation main frame
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Definitions and meanings of "Mainframe"

What do we mean by mainframe?

A large powerful computer, often serving many connected terminals and usually used by large complex organizations. noun

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. noun

The board holding the CPU and the memory forming the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. noun

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 noun

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

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing noun

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

What stupid people think computers are made of. Urban Dictionary

To mainframe something; to with or without your own knowledge kill vital parts off your system Urban Dictionary

Uber-technical term used by shyster versign when describing docking stations. Urban Dictionary

A message board with around 40 members run by a smelly, mysterious, man who hates FG. Urban Dictionary

The big boy computer in the middle of a bunch of servers 'n stuff. great for hacking. Urban Dictionary

Uber 1337 Machinist faction in MxO Urban Dictionary

Smacking random buttons on your keyboard so it sound like your doing something really cool, and not looking while you do it. Urban Dictionary

The result of bypassing the direct orthogonal tridimensional matrix. Not to be attempted by anyone less than Army-grade hacker certified. You need to go through at least 17 firewalls before you reach the matrix. Urban Dictionary

Consists of an empty box with a USB cable sticking out of a hole in the side. It contains many hackable sequences in which hack.bat is used to crash the motherboards server of the ram of the nvidea virus card thus hacking the mainframe Urban Dictionary

The act of owning. Can be associated with mainframe computer use, but is not limited as such. Similar to using cheat codes. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mainframe

The word "mainframe" in example sentences

The Human Mainframe: We always knew that Rossum had ill intentions, but the revelation that the Attic's use of human brains to propel the corporation's mainframe is pretty messed up — especially when that power is generated by nightmares that include eating your own severed legs and watching your friends die on an endless loop. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Mr. DeVries … The report on the 2 hour outage of our mainframe is complete.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

“The mainframe is in sub basement four,” Davin said from behind Rose. ❋ Amberfocus (2008)

System 360 turns 40 – 70 percent of the world’s data are still housed in mainframe computers … [via] ❋ Unknown (2004)

If it existed outside a computer mainframe, that is. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I would argue that the successor to the mainframe was the mini. ❋ Unknown (1998)

The more monolithic approach to applications development and maintenance on the mainframe is a model that was probably appropriate in the days of the large conglomerates, where we saw a lot of companies trying to centralize all of that processing in large data centers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

IBM is aiming its hybrid mainframe, which is designed to manage other systems too, at the data center simplification effort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

… The more monolithic approach to applications development and maintenance on the mainframe is a model that was probably appropriate in the days of the large conglomerates, where we saw a lot of companies trying to centralize all of that processing in large data centers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's been three years engineering the latest generation of its so-called mainframe-borrowing X-Architecture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

IBM is aiming its hybrid mainframe, which is designed to manage other systems too, at the datacentre simplification effort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Attendees can expect to take away from these events ideas for a range of options most suitable for their own situations, including: moving off the mainframe to another platform, continuing forward secure in the knowledge that the mainframe is the right platform for their situation and organisation, or choosing an approach that may be somewhere in between. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The mainframe is a small niche in the overall server market, but customers benefit from an improved platform and alternatives to Unix and Windows. ❋ Team Register (2010)

"This year's survey results only confirms that our continued investment in the mainframe is the right decision," said Bill Miller, president of Mainframe Service Management at BMC. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the mainframe is the world I mostly live in, and I've been assured by Poughkeepsie that "System z" is the real name; the latter usage is just shorthand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wow, you [build] [computers]? You mean you build the mainframe and everything? [My computer] doesn't work, I think there's something wrong with the mainframe. ❋ Bomber991 (2007)

fuck i just mainframed my [box] trying to run startx [via] [ssh] ❋ Adamus1red (2011)

[blah, blah, blah], [blah], blah. ❋ Av (2005)

"Mainframe A is [owned] by a guy who [hates] [FG]." ❋ PenalMaster (2005)

"I'm [hacking the mainframe]!" "[Alright], [I'm in]." ❋ SevenfoldBuckwheat (2019)

[Wow], the Mainframe [kicked] [my ass]. ❋ Post (2005)

hey are you [smaking] [buttons] on a [keyboard]? "no, im hacking the mainframe" ❋ Wild-goat-cheese (2010)

[Yo], [Jeremy], did you [hack the mainframe] last night? ❋ Gt-skip (2005)

[uber pwnage] is hacking the mainframe ❋ Dick Twanga (2008)

"Dude last night at the party I was totally [hacking the mainframe] and I [hooked up] with two [chicks] at once. Each one was a 6, but together, they were a 12" ❋ Hacking_The_Mainframe (2009)

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