Definition of Mainframe in English :

Define Mainframe in English

Mainframe meaning in English

Meaning of Mainframe in English

Pronunciation of Mainframe in English

Mainframe pronunciation in English

Pronounce Mainframe in English

Mainframe

see synonyms of mainframe

Noun

1. mainframe, mainframe computer

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

2. c.p.u., central processing unit, central processor, cpu, mainframe, processor

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

Example Sentences:
'the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mainframe

see synonyms of mainframe
noun
1. 
a. 
a high-speed general-purpose computer, usually with a large storage capacity
b. 
(as modifier)
mainframe systems
2. 
the central processing unit of a computer

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers


Mainframe

see synonyms of mainframe
noun
1. 
the central processing unit of a large computer
2. 
a very large, relatively expensive computer, to which several terminals may be connected

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Mainframe

see synonyms of mainframe
n.
A large powerful computer, often serving many connected terminals and usually used by large complex organizations.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.