mainframe

A large, powerful computer capable of handling and processing vast amounts of data, typically used by large organizations for critical applications and serving many users simultaneously.

• 🇪🇸Computadora grande y potente capaz de procesar enormes volúmenes de datos, utilizada generalmente por grandes organizaciones para aplicaciones críticas y para atender simultáneamente a muchos usuarios.

1. Large central computer B2 formal IT

   A powerful, large-scale digital computer designed to handle and process the data of many users simultaneously, typically requiring a dedicated, climate-controlled environment.

   • The bank's mainframe processes millions of transactions every day.
   • Large corporations often rely on a mainframe for their critical data operations.
   • The mainframe was housed in a special, air-conditioned room.

   🇪🇸computadora central

   Sinónimos: mainframe computer

2. Central processing unit B2 formal IT

   The primary component of a computer, often a microprocessor chip, that executes instructions and performs the core data processing tasks.

   • The mainframe of the computer is the CPU, which handles all calculations.
   • Modern microprocessors are incredibly powerful mainframes for personal computers.
   • The mainframe chip is the brain of the entire system.

   🇪🇸Unidad central de procesamiento

   Antónimos: peripheralterminal

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• mainframe's possessive singular form