forklift upgrade

forklift upgrade definition - telecom
Referring to a complete system replacement. The term originated in days of yore, when mainframe computers and PBXs were so big and heavy that it literally took a forklift to remove an obsolete system from the computer room or switch room and replace it with another, usually of at least equal size and weight. See also heavy metal, mainframe computer, and PBX.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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