"big iron" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-big iron.ogg
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  1. (computing, slang, humorous, dated) Large, expensive, powerful computers such as mainframes. Wikipedia link: big iron Tags: dated, humorous, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
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