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mainframe
noun as in central processing unit
Weak matches
noun as in computer
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in data processor
noun as in management
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
Every few decades, a platform shift occurs—such as that from mainframes to PCs and the internet, or the subsequent evolution to mobile and cloud computing.
In 1981, her junior year, she spent $800 of her own money on a 1,200-baud modem so that she could code through the night from her shared apartment, feeding her code into the mainframe.
Also known as microchips, they were revolutionizing electronics and computing, contributing to the gradual miniaturization of computers from mainframes to today’s smartphones.
The earliest programs, gawkish code running on ungainly mainframes, were woodpushers, capable of playing chess technically but not well.
The clunky mainframe was “miraculously patched together, at considerable cost, to get us through the pandemic surge,” the state’s governor said in his December 2020 budget proposal, which sought to replace the system.
The United Nations was prompted to impose a ban on selling mainframe computers or laptops to North Korea.
With some maneuvering, he and Tron take over the MCP and kill Sark, proving they're the most badass guys in the mainframe.
Just like he was lasered into the mainframe, Flynn is beamed out, with proof that Dillinger stole the videogames he invented.
Since the poem was written, the darker side of personal and mainframe computers has given the poem a more sinister meaning.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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