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Mainframe computer   /mˈeɪnfrˌeɪm kəmpjˈutər/   Listen
Mainframe computer

noun
1.
A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room.  Synonym: mainframe.






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... the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency



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