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mainframe

[meyn-freym] / ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm /
NOUN
central processing unit
Synonyms
WEAK
CPU central processor processor
NOUN
computer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
PC data processor desktop computer personal computer
STRONG
CPU central processing unit device handheld computer laptop machine micro microcomputer mini minicomputer notebook notebook computer processor tablet
WEAK
abacus artificial intelligence brain electronic brain number cruncher thinking machine
NOUN
data processor
Synonyms
WEAK
CPU Macintosh PC calculator laptop mac microcomputer number cruncher personal computer word processor
NOUN
management
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administration authority board executive
STRONG
bosses brass directorate directors employers execs executives head upstairs
WEAK
executive suite front office micro management person upstairs top brass
Antonyms
WEAK
employees mismanagement

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IBM suffered its worst day in 25 years, compounded by Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude AI could modernize COBOL, the programming language holding IBM’s mainframe empire together.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“The idea of shifting off of mainframe is not a new concept,” Daryanani concluded.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He views the mainframe business as “resilient” given examples from IBM of how customers are growing, not shrinking, their workloads.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Cornell was an early adopter of mainframes and his professor mentors were moving from punch cards to mainframe batch processing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Once a program was ready, you walked over to whatever mainframe computer you had access to and gave the stack of cards to an operator.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.