mainframe

noun

main·frame ˈmān-ˌfrām

: a large, powerful computer that can handle many tasks concurrently and is usually used commercially

… the million-dollar mainframe computers that took up entire floors of corporate premises …—

John Derbyshire

dated : a computer with its cabinet and internal circuits especially when considered separately from any peripherals connected to the computer

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During a time when computers were running extremely complex code, Cobol allowed early mainframe computers to essentially speak the same language, eliminating the need to manually program the same data-processing applications into every new machine. —

IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024 Think about how materials can eventually be recycled. 25 Water Street, formerly a box of mainframe computers, soon to be apartments. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024 Digging through the Amazon Q mainframe modernization functions in more detail, this tool handles code analysis, planning and application refactoring. —

Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Its infrastructure revenue was down 7%, to $3.04 billion, ahead of the 2025 release of a new mainframe. —

Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mainframe