: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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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 contrast... - big iron: n. 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}... - dinosaur n.
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and
special power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in ... - big iron n.
[common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast
computers.
Used generally of number-crunching supercomputers ... - 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... - heavy metal: [Cambridge] n. Syn. {big iron}.
--
The AI Hackers... - silicon n.
Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based
computer systems (compare iron).
Contrasted with software. See also sandbender...
From the same category:
- May you be French-kissed by a leprous
aardvark... - Pain is just God's way of
hurting you... - clairvoyant, n.:
A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that
which is invisible to her patron -
namely, that he is a blockhead. -- Ambrose... - I hope I never have to deal with it. But obviously I would counsel her
and talk to her and support her on whatever decision she made.
Vice President Dan Quayle responding to Larry... - I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.
John...
