mainframer

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noun

One who works with mainframe computers.

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Meanings

nounmainframer (plural mainframers)

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

Origin

From mainframe + -er.

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APA

mainframer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainframer

MLA

“mainframer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainframer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mainframer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainframer.

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