'mainframe' definitions:
Definition of 'mainframe'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room [syn: mainframe, mainframe computer]
noun
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached" [syn: central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe]
Definition of 'mainframe'
From: GCIDE
- mainframe \main"frame`\ n. (Computers)
- 1. A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. At any given point in development of computer technology, the mainframe will be faster, have large main memeory, and be more capable than a minicomputer, which will in turn be faster and more capable than a personal computer. The typical personal computer in 1999 is faster than a mainframe was in 1970.
- Syn: mainframe computer. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. The board holding the CPU and the memory forming the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. [WordNet 1.5]