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Big iron

Known as: Big Iron (disambiguation), Big iron (computing), 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… 
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2015
2015
Big Bang, Big Data, Big Iron: Fifteen Years of Cosmic Microwave Background Data Analysis at NERSC
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) consists of photons created in the Big Bang and cooled by the subsequent expansion of the… 
2014
2014
The PQ-DIT process . Improving Ductile Iron production using ultra-low additions of magnesium .
Introduction: Almost every foundry that uses batch type treatments to produce ductile iron adds a constant amount of magnesium to… 
2013
2013
Buying modernity? : the consumer experience of domestic electricity in the era of the grid
In 1927 the Central Electricity Board began to oversee the building of the national grid. In the early development of electricity… 
2012
2012
Big Iron Moves Toward Exascale Computing
Developers and researchers face many challenges in trying to produce exascale supercomputers, which would perform a thousand… 
2011
2011
Information Technology as Megaengineering: The Impact of GIS
The term megaengineering is usually applied to large, tangible projects that are concentrated in space. Information technology is… 
2011
2011
Key Techniques for Handling Container Plate in Rizhao Iron & Steel(Group)Co.,Ltd.
SPA-H handling container plate was developed in Rizhao Iron Steel Co.The content of carbon was controlled within 0.07%~0.11%,the… 
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2002
Review
2002
Meets Big Iron : High Performance Computing in SAS Analytic Procedures
Version 9 targets the heavy-duty analytic procedures in SAS® for high performance computing enhancements. These enhancements… 
2001
2001
Low Temperature Impact Tests in Austempered Ductile Iron and Other Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Structures
Impact tests at low temperatures were carried out, aimed at comparing the response of five spheroidal graphite (SG) cast iron… 
1999
1999
Why the PC will be the most pervasive visualization platform in 2001
Compact, low cost connector system for flexible tubing is adapted to removably connect a length of flexible plastic tubing for… 
1998
1998
Didactics of mathematics as a scientific discipline: A sketch of its development from a personal (autobiographic) point of view
At the 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-8) held in Sevilla, Spain, July 1996, Working Group 25 was… 
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