Definition of mainframe in English:
mainframe
noun ˈmeɪnfreɪmˈmeɪnˌfreɪm
1A large high-speed computer, especially one supporting numerous workstations or peripherals.
as modifier cumbersome mainframe systems
Example sentencesExamples
- IBM has tried to keep customers interested by adding Linux support to its mainframe boxes.
- The new offering is designed for those who want to stay with their mainframe systems.
- An aging mainframe system was left untouched, instead of being replaced.
- IBM mainframe computers proved to have more than four-year lives, but not by much.
- All data were entered into a SAS database using the mainframe computer at UNMC.
- Of course, it helps that mainframes have full-time technicians available to keep them up and running.
- Thirteen years ago, three airlines pooled their mainframe computing systems and created Worldspan.
- Terabytes of storage residing on tape is more economical than residing on mainframes in open systems.
- IBM has shuffled a huge chunk of its mainframe support operations off to South Africa in a bid to cut costs.
- In those days, mainframe computers were coming into usage and electronic calculators were also just appearing.
- Despite the proliferation of computers of every size, mainframes still house most of the world's data.
- Firms such as IBM could sell a mainframe computer for just under £½ million pounds in today's money.
- That $10,000 was an unprecedented value compared with the cost of mainframes and minicomputers.
- The new Unix boxes and Fujitsu mainframe systems are to incorporate the same architecture, the company says.
- IBM was at that time the largest supplier of mainframe computer systems.
- There are over 140,000 employees and over 3500 people on PCs and mainframes that I support.
- You may be able to cut the energy mainframes use but a lot of energy is still required to cool the machines.
- IBM brings mainframe scalability to open systems platforms.
- Unless you are using a mainframe computer, the level of risk to data loss and theft from unauthorized access is growing daily.
- On its higher end Unix and mainframe systems, IBM uses in-house technology for these types of tasks.
2The central processing unit and primary memory of a computer.