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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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