Big iron

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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big iron
Usage: n.
Derivation: Common
Antonym(s): dinosaur

See Also: heavy metal, dinosaur


big iron: n.

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

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Source: big iron, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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