mainframe
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mainframe (plural mainframes)
- (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
- (computer hardware) A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
- The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.
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large computer
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Borrowed from English mainframe.
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mainframe m (plural mainframes)
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Borrowed from English mainframe.
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mainframe m (plural mainframes)
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- mainframe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Unadapted borrowing from English mainframe.
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mainframe m or f (plural mainframes)
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Unadapted borrowing from English mainframe.
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mainframe m (plural mainframes)
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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.