iron n.
Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of
mainframe class with big metal cabinets housing relatively
low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern
supercomputers). Often in the phrase big iron. Oppose
silicon. See also dinosaur.
Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of
mainframe class with big metal cabinets housing relatively
low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern
supercomputers). Often in the phrase big iron. Oppose
silicon. See also dinosaur.
Related:
- iron: n. Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of
{mainframe} class with big metal cabinets housing relatively
low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern
supercomputers).
Often in the phrase {big iron}. Oppose {silicon}... - dinosaur n.
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and
special power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in ... - dinosaur: n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special
power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast... - big iron: n. Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers.
Used generally of {number-crunching} supercomputers... - big iron n.
[common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast
computers.
Used generally of number-crunching supercomputers ... - silicon n.
Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based
computer systems (compare iron).
Contrasted with software. See also sandbender... - silicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer
systems (compare {iron}).
Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}... - 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... - 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...
From the same category:
- UDP /U-D-P/ v.,n.
[Usenet] Abbreviation for Usenet Death Penalty.
Common (probably now more so tha and frequently... - fall over vi.
[IBM] Yet another synonym for crash or
lose.
`Fall over hard' equates to crash and burn... - womb box n.
1. [TMRC] Storage space for equipment.
2. [proposed] A variety of hard-shell equipment case... - GECOS /jee'kohs/ n.
See GCOS... - wok-on-the-wall n.
A small microwave dish antenna used for
cross-campus private network circuits,
from the obvious resemblance between a microwave...
