mainframe

From main +‎ frame.

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mainframe (plural mainframes)

1. (computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.

   Synonyms: maxicomputer, (informal) maxi

2. (computer hardware) A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
3. The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.

• main frame

• micromainframe
• minimainframe

• → Italian: mainframe
• → Japanese: メインフレーム (meinfurēmu)
• → Portuguese: mainframe
• → Spanish: mainframe

Borrowed from English mainframe.

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mainframe m (plural mainframes)

1. (computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)

Borrowed from English mainframe.

mainframe m (plural mainframes)

1. (computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)

• mainframe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from English mainframe.

mainframe m or f (plural mainframes)

1. (computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)

Unadapted borrowing from English mainframe.

• IPA^(key): /meinˈfɾeim/ [mẽĩɱˈfɾẽĩm]
• Rhymes: -eim

mainframe m (plural mainframes)

1. (computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.