EGAVE

mainframe

About 1.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. noun A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
  3. noun The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.

Similar words

processor central processing unit cpu central processor mainframe computer server computer distance central host

Often followed by

computers computer and systems or to system is environment

Word family

mainframes

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