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Big iron — Big iron, as the hacker s dictionary the Jargon File defines it, refers to large, expensive, ultra fast computers. It is used generally for number crunching supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish… … Wikipedia
Big Iron — is a country ballad by Marty Robbins, originally released as an album track on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. It tells the story of an unnamed Arizona Ranger s duel with an outlaw named… … Wikipedia
big iron — n. a large, mainframe computer. (Computers. See also iron.) □ We’ll have to run this job on the big iron over at the university. □ What kind of big iron do they have over there? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Big Iron (disambiguation) — Big Iron may refer to one of the following. * Big Iron , a western ballad by Marty Robbins, released in 1960 * Big Iron [http://www.carolnoonanmusic.com/bigiron.htm] , an album of western ballads by Carol Noonan * Big Iron , a 2004 western novel… … Wikipedia
Big Iron World — Infobox Album | Name = Big Iron World Type = Album Artist = Old Crow Medicine Show Released = August 29 2006 (U.S.) Recorded = Genre = Folk / Country Length = Label = Nettwerk Records Producer = David Rawlings Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5… … Wikipedia
Big Iron Farm Show — The Big Iron Farm Show is a large farm show held on the grounds of the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, North Dakota. The show started in 1980 in Casselton, North Dakota, but moved to West Fargo in 1981.External links*… … Wikipedia
Big Iron — grosser, teurer und ultraschneller Rechner, http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html … Acronyms
Big Iron — grosser, teurer und ultraschneller Rechner, (http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html) … Acronyms von A bis Z
Iron (metaphor) — Iron, when used metaphorically, refers to certain traits of the metal iron. Used as an adjective and sometimes as a noun, it refers to something stern, harsh, unyielding, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, strong, robust. It is sometimes used for… … Wikipedia
Iron Mountain (8007) — Infobox Mountain Name = Iron Mountain Photo = Caption = Elevation = convert|8007|ft|m|0 Location = California, USA Range = San Gabriel Mountains Prominence = convert|687|ft|m|0 Coordinates = coord|34|17|18.02|N|117|42|46.21|W|type:mountain region … Wikipedia
