big iron

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big iron - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  big iron
  heavy metal
  
     <jargon> (Or "heavy metal [Cambridge]) Large, expensive,
     ultra-fast computers.  Used generally of number crunching
     supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more
     conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes.  The term
     implies approval, in contrast to "dinosaur".
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2000-11-09)
  

big iron - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  big iron
   n.
  
     [common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of
     number-crunching supercomputers, but can include more conventional
     big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of approval; compare heavy metal
     , oppose dinosaur.