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Meanings of big iron in English

Russian
мейнфрейм
Portuguese
mainframe
Catalan
ordinador central
Spanish
computadora central
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Computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications.

мейнфрейм
Synonyms
Examples for "mainframe"
Examples for "mainframe"
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Both cases are related to IBM's conduct in the mainframe computer market.
Reuters
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We just talked about the principle of mainframe, can we try this?
The new yorker
3
A short-range digital signal, cycling every ninety minutes, looking for its mainframe.
The passage
4
I had to get into the Guild's mainframe to recover the information.
Unraveled
5
TITAN had been the single most instrumental mainframe in all the war.
Sea of Rust
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They started by shutting down the mainframes as quickly as they could.
Sea of Rust
2
The mainframes did the calculations that helped get them back to earth.
Wired
3
DeCom are running state-of-the-art gear and more capacity than most AI mainframes.
Woken furies
4
Read more about mainframes and supercomputers in Computerworld's Mainframes and Supercomputers Topic Center.
Reuters
5
Actually back then there were still not that many mainframes around the world.
The new yorker
1
Both cases are related to IBM's conduct in the mainframe computer market.
Reuters
2
Once, pundits predicted that the mainframe computer was a dinosaur heading for extinction.
The Irish Times
3
The old Smith Barney mainframe computer setup was obsolete, Wiggins said.
Reuters
4
It runs on a mainframe computer, with ASCII text characters for "graphics".
The Irish Times
5
The "z" in the title represents IBM's Systems z mainframe computer.
Reuters
Usage of big iron in English
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Permission was given; the big iron gates swung open to admit us.
My Friend the Chauffeur
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A big iron door stood open at the side of the room.
Literary Lapses
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Chrestomanci helped him slot the big iron bars in to lock it.
The Magicians of Caprona
4
Well, I'll let yo' take dis big iron kettle into de library.
A Little Florida Lady
5
In the cullud quarters, we cooked on a fireplace in big iron pots.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
6
They pressed on, through the big iron gates, up the wide cement pathway.
Naughty neighbor
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He twisted it in the big iron lock on the door.
To the blight: the eye of the world
8
THE orangoutang in the big iron cage lashed to the sheep-pen began the discussion.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
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You can find the house by the big iron gates opening onto the avenue.
Molly Brown's Senior Days
10
They went through big iron gates into the palace grounds.
Three Soldiers
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He stopped for a moment at the big iron door.
A Williams Anthology / A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Wi...
12
The vault, with its big iron door, was opposite him.
Roads of Destiny
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They were in sight of the big iron gates leading to the Manor now.
Just William’s Luck
14
You can't shut fairies out with no big iron fences.
Helen of the Old House
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A little way off the two bears lay asleep in their big iron cages.
Sovereign
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The anchor chains rattled, the big iron grasped the bottom, and the vessel was still.
Story of Chester Lawrence / Being the Completed Account of One w...
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