mainframe

Other forms of mainframe

plural

mainframes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mainframe

What does mainframe mean?

mainframe means "a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mainframe?

mainframe has 2 syllables: main-frame. The stress falls on "main". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪnˌfɹeɪm/.

What is another word for mainframe?

Close synonyms include mainframe computer, central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mainframe a common word?

mainframe is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mainframe?

2 words rhyme with mainframe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.