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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>big 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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="biff.html" title="biff"/><link rel="next" href="Big-Red-Switch.html" title="Big Red Switch"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">big iron</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="biff.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Big-Red-Switch.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="big-iron"/><dt xmlns="" id="big-iron"><b>big iron</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of
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<a href="../N/number-crunching.html"><i class="glossterm">number-crunching</i></a> supercomputers, but
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can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. Term of
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approval; compare <a href="../H/heavy-metal.html"><i class="glossterm">heavy metal</i></a>, oppose
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