dinosaur

( 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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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {big iron}{blinkenlights}{COBOL}{EBCDIC}{iron}{Iron Age}{mainframe}{Stone Age}{tired iron}{walking drives}]