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Definition: Mainframe Computer |
Mainframe ComputerNoun1. A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Mainframe ComputerSynonym: mainframe (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mainframe Computer |
| Specialty definitions using "mainframe computer": Aloha Net, Amdahl Corporation ♦ back plane, Bletchley Park ♦ CA-Telon, Computer Output to Laser Disk, Cray Research, Inc. ♦ dinosaur pen ♦ external priority interrupts ♦ flexible manufacturing system, front-end processor ♦ IBM 360, industrial robot operator, intelligent database ♦ Management Information System, motherboard ♦ NETWORK CONTROL OPERATOR, NWSRFS V5.0, or Version 5 ♦ project development coordinator ♦ ROBOTIC MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ technical operations specialis, TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST ♦ UNISYS. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The PC market is now approximately twice as large as the mainframe computer market in Japan. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mainframe computer | 63 |
ibm mainframe computer | 4 |
mainframe computer job | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mainframe computer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | μεγάλοσ υπολογιστήσ, μεγαυπολογιστήσ. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 汎"型コン"ュータ . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | は"ようがたコン"ュータ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainframemay omputercay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-i-m-m-m-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
-5 letters: amperometric, intercompare, recuperation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 69 6E 66 72 61 6D 65      43 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101001 01101110 01100110 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a i n f r a m e   C o m p u t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0069 006E 0066 0072 0061 006D 0065      0043 006F 006D 0070 0075 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47677580728467797123781798287867184 |
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