BIG IRON


Meaning of BIG IRON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of number-crunching supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of approval; compare heavy metal , oppose dinosaur .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.