mainframe computer

基本解释

The machines for sequencing, once the size of a mainframe computer, are becoming smaller and cheaper every year.
进行基因排序的机器以前的尺寸有电脑主机那般大小，而现在则逐年变小，价钱也逐年降低。
In the 1980s, another group of Xerox scientists proposed an even more radical idea: the personal computer was destined, like its predecessor the mainframe computer, for obsolescence.
20世纪80年代，施乐研究中心另一组科学家们提出一种更为颠覆传统的理念：个人计算机将像其前身大型计算机一样淘汰。
In 1957, he created the Music program, which allowed an IBM 704 mainframe computer to play a 17-second music composition.
1957年，他创建了“音乐”（Music）程序。 IBM的704大型机用之弹奏了17秒种的音乐。

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