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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>iron</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="IRC.html" title="IRC"/><link rel="next" href="Iron-Age.html" title="Iron Age"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">iron</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IRC.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Iron-Age.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="iron"/><dt xmlns="" id="iron"><b>iron</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of
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<a href="../M/mainframe.html"><i class="glossterm">mainframe</i></a> class with big metal cabinets housing
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relatively low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern
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supercomputers). Often in the phrase <a href="../B/big-iron.html"><i class="glossterm">big iron</i></a>.
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Oppose <a href="../S/silicon.html"><i class="glossterm">silicon</i></a>. See also
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<a href="../D/dinosaur.html"><i class="glossterm">dinosaur</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="IRC.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Iron-Age.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">IRC </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Iron Age</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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