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Large computer suffering RAM famine? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mainframe

'large computer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'suffering ram famine?' is the wordplay.
'suffering' indicates an anagram.
'ram'+'famine'='ramfamine'
'ramfamine' anagrammed gives 'MAINFRAME'.

(Other definitions for mainframe that I've seen before include "Principal computer" , "Mar famine (anag.)" , "powerful computer" , "Large central computer" , "Computer's central processing unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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