mainframe

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mainframe(n = noun.artifact) mainframe computer - a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room; Array

is a kind of digital computer

has particulars: supercomputer

mainframe(n = noun.artifact) c.p.u., central processing unit, central processor, cpu, processor - (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"

is a part of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

has parts: cpu board, mother board

is a kind of electronic equipment, computer hardware, hardware

mainframe, n.

A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. At any given point in development of computer technology, the mainframe will be faster, have large main memeory, and be more capable than a minicomputer, which will in turn be faster and more capable than a personal computer. The typical personal computer in 1999 is faster than a mainframe was in 1970. [WordNet 1.5]
The board holding the CPU and the memory forming the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. [WordNet 1.5]

mainframe, n.
1 the central processing unit and primary memory of a computer.
2 (often attrib.) a large computer system.

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