mainframe

IPA: mˈeɪnfreɪm

(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.
(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.

Examples of "mainframe" in Sentences

If it existed outside a computer mainframe, that is.
I would argue that the successor to the mainframe was the mini.
“The mainframe is in sub basement four,” Davin said from behind Rose.
“Mr. DeVries … The report on the 2 hour outage of our mainframe is complete.”
System 360 turns 40 – 70 percent of the world’s data are still housed in mainframe computers … [via]
It's been three years engineering the latest generation of its so-called mainframe-borrowing X-Architecture.
IBM is aiming its hybrid mainframe, which is designed to manage other systems too, at the datacentre simplification effort.
IBM is aiming its hybrid mainframe, which is designed to manage other systems too, at the data center simplification effort.
The Human Mainframe: We always knew that Rossum had ill intentions, but the revelation that the Attic's use of human brains to propel the corporation's mainframe is pretty messed up — especially when that power is generated by nightmares that include eating your own severed legs and watching your friends die on an endless loop.