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mainframer

mainframer noun: one who works with mainframe computers.

Noun

mainframer (plural mainframers)

  1. One who works with mainframe computers.
    • The mainframers will now have to either design or buy an interface for their systems that looks like the IBM interface.1977 April 4, Computerworld, volume 11, number 14, page 16

Forms of mainframer

pluralmainframers

Origin of mainframer

From mainframe + -er.

Questions about mainframer

What does mainframer mean?
Mainframer means one who works with mainframe computers.
What part of speech is mainframer?
Mainframer is a noun.
What is the plural of mainframer?
The plural of mainframer is mainframers.

Words near mainframer in the dictionary

  1. mainferes
  2. mainfers
  3. mainframe
  4. mainframed
  5. mainframelike
  6. mainframer
  7. mainframers
  8. mainframes
  9. mainful
  10. maingain
  11. maingained

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