Mainframe
Mainframe noun - A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room.
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- Part of the final level has Monst3r trying to get the password for the OMNI mainframe door out of a security terminal.
Source: Video Game / Invisible, Inc. -
Mainframe hackers had "green lightning" (or "compatibility logic" when the suits were around) named after an Ascended Glitch in an IBM terminal monitor left in so people would think the computer was "doing something".
Source: The Coconut Effect - Mainframe computer systems have a special terminal where the system operator can issue privileged commands to the system, to do things mere mortals can't do, like tell the system you've mounted a tape, or to authorize special privileges.
Source: Master Console
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