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dinosaur
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n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1998 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it. IBM was not amused. Compare big iron ; see also mainframe. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
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