MAINFRAME COMPUTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mainframe computer mean? 

• MAINFRAME COMPUTER (noun)
  The noun MAINFRAME COMPUTER has 1 sense:

1. a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

  Familiarity information: MAINFRAME COMPUTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAINFRAME COMPUTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mainframe; mainframe computer

Hypernyms ("mainframe computer" is a kind of...):

digital computer (a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mainframe computer"):

supercomputer (a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time)