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main frame [′mān ‚frām] (computer science) A large computer. The part of a computer that contains the central processing unit, main storage, and associated control circuitry. Also known as frame. (electricity) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| FPDS moved from a mainframe computer to a client-server system and the Oracle database in 1997 and provided access to FPDS through a Web browser in 2002. How it works: Street sensors instantly transmit traffic data to signal control box, which notifies the central mainframe computer and displays live results on PC. As a research student in the 1960s I made a small contribution to the beginnings of computer applications in architecture by writing software -- in Fortran IV -- and submitting it on punched paper tape to a mainframe computer that occupied an entire building. |
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