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Mainframe Computer

Definition: Mainframe Computer

Mainframe Computer

Noun

1. 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 Computer

Synonym: mainframe (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mainframe Computer

Specialty definitions using "mainframe computer": Aloha Net, Amdahl Corporationback plane, Bletchley ParkCA-Telon, Computer Output to Laser Disk, Cray Research, Inc.dinosaur penexternal priority interruptsflexible manufacturing system, front-end processorIBM 360, industrial robot operator, intelligent databaseManagement Information System, motherboardNETWORK CONTROL OPERATOR, NWSRFS V5.0, or Version 5project development coordinatorROBOTIC MACHINE OPERATORtechnical operations specialis, TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALISTUNISYS. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mainframe Computer

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mainframe Computer

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mainframe computer

63

ibm mainframe computer

4

mainframe computer job

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mainframe Computer

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.

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Anagrams: Mainframe Computer

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mainframe Computer


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)

    

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)

&#77 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#102 &#114 &#97 &#109 &#101 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#109 &#112 &#117 &#116 &#101 &#114

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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