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mainframe 音標拼音: [m'enfr ,em] n. 主機 主機 mainframe大型電腦; 主機( 柜 ); 大型機 mainframe主機 大型電腦 mainframe n 1: a large digital computer serving 100- 400 users and occupying a special air- conditioned room [ synonym: { mainframe}, { mainframe computer}] 2: ( 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" [ synonym: { central processing unit}, { CPU}, { C. P. U.}, { central processor}, { processor}, { mainframe}] mainframe \ main" frame`\ n. ( Computers) 1. 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. Syn: mainframe computer. [ WordNet 1. 5 PJC] 2. The board holding the CPU and the memory forming the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. [ WordNet 1. 5] A term originally referring to the cabinet
containing the central processor unit or "main frame" of a
room-filling {Stone Age} batch machine. After the emergence
of smaller "{minicomputer}" designs in the early 1970s, the
traditional {big iron} machines were described as "mainframe
computers" and eventually just as mainframes. The term
carries the connotation of a machine designed for batch rather
than interactive use, though possibly with an interactive
{time-sharing} operating system retrofitted onto it; it is
especially used of machines built by {IBM}, {Unisys} and the
other great {dinosaurs} surviving from computing's {Stone
Age}.
It has been common wisdom among hackers since the late 1980s
that the mainframe architectural tradition is essentially dead
(outside of the tiny market for {number crunching}
{supercomputers} (see {Cray})), having been swamped by the
recent huge advances in {integrated circuit} technology and
low-cost personal computing. As of 1993, corporate America is
just beginning to figure this out - the wave of failures,
takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers have
certainly provided sufficient omens (see {dinosaurs mating}).
Supporters claim that mainframes still house 90% of the data
major businesses rely on for mission-critical applications,
attributing this to their superior performance, reliability,
scalability, and security compared to microprocessors.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-07-22)
mainframe: n. Term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or ‘ main frame’ of a room- filling Stone Age batch machine. After the emergence of smaller minicomputer designs in the early 1970s, the traditional big iron machines were described as ‘ mainframe computers’ and eventually just as mainframes. The term carries the connotation of a machine designed for batch rather than interactive use, though possibly with an interactive timesharing operating system retrofitted onto it; it is especially used of machines built by IBM, Unisys, and the other great dinosaurs surviving from computing' s Stone Age. It has been common wisdom among hackers since the late 1980s that the mainframe architectural tradition is essentially dead ( outside of the tiny market for number- crunching supercomputers having been swamped by the recent huge advances in IC technology and low- cost personal computing. The wave of failures, takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers in the early 1990s bore this out. The biggest mainframer of all, IBM, was compelled to re- invent itself as a huge systems- consulting house. ( See dinosaurs mating and killer micro). However, in yet another instance of the cycle of reincarnation, the port of Linux to the IBM S/ 390 architecture in 1999 — assisted by IBM — produced a resurgence of interest in mainframe computing as a way of providing huge quantities of easily maintainable, reliable virtual Linux servers, saving IBM' s mainframe division from almost certain extinction.
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