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.

• 🇫🇷Ordinateur de grande puissance capable de traiter d'énormes volumes de données, généralement utilisé par de grandes organisations pour des applications critiques et le service simultané de nombreux utilisateurs.

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.

   🇫🇷Ordinateur central

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Unité centrale de traitement

   Antonymes: peripheralterminal

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• mainframe's possessive singular form