Definition of big iron

big iron

a Harley Davidson motorcycle. "Big" is in reference to their size and "iron" to their originality as a "tractor" type motorcycle. Term was used especially when lightweight Japanese motorcycles first appeared.
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mainframe or mainframes.

Citation from Complete Idiot's Guide to A Career in Computer Programming, Jesse Liberty, 1999 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Dec 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 29 2011.

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