MAINFRAME COMPUTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

mainframe; mainframe computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mainframe computer" is a kind of...):

digital computer (a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mainframe computer"):

supercomputer (a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time)

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