Mainframe
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An industry term for a large computer, typically used for the commercial applications of businesses and other large-scale computing purposes. Generally, a mainframe is associated with centralized rather than distributed computing.
polysemous
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- central processing unitmainframe computer
- plural
- Mainframes
- possessive
- Mainframe's
- pluralpossessive
- Mainframes'