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Mainframe 

The big boy computer in the middle of a bunch of servers 'n stuff. great for hacking.
Mainframe by SevenfoldBuckwheat October 24, 2019

mainframe 

to mainframe something; to with or without your own knowledge kill vital parts off your system
fuck i just mainframed my box trying to run startx via ssh
mainframe by adamus1red January 23, 2011

Mainframe 

Uber 1337 Machinist faction in MxO
Wow, the Mainframe kicked my ass.
Mainframe by Post January 8, 2005

mainframe 

uber-technical term used by shyster versign when describing docking stations.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
mainframe by av February 28, 2005

Mainframe Master Race

A hypothetical step above PC master race. To have and run instead of a personal computer but a whole mainframe for say a company, school system, lab, university, clandestine group, pony fan art site etc.. Can be used as a complement for computer admins. Or a pejorative to make fun of the nature of PC elitists trying to build bigger computers.
Console peasant: what's your favorite game?
Ancient System administrator neck beard: Star trek.
Console peasant: Is that for ps3.

Ancient System administrator neck beard: No young one, it was on a SDS Sigma 7, in days of Glorious Mainframe Master Race Gaming. You even played it with print outs.......

Mainframe A 

A message board with around 40 members run by a smelly, mysterious, man who hates FG.
"Mainframe A is owned by a guy who hates FG."
Mainframe A by PenalMaster March 3, 2005
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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