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big iron
big ironA large and powerful mainframe computer. Also known as big brass.big iron
big ironslang A very fast and powerful mainframe computer. A basic computer won't work—we need the big iron for this project.See also: big, ironbig iron n. a large, mainframe computer. (see also iron.) We’ll have to run this job on the big iron over at the university. See also: big, ironbig iron
big iron (jargon)(Or "heavy metal [Cambridge]) Large, expensive,ultra-fast computers. Used generally of number crunchingsupercomputers such as Crays, but can include moreconventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. The termimplies approval, in contrast to "dinosaur".big ironBig iron refers to the largest computers that are available at any given time. See mainframe.FinancialSeemainframe |