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    A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk...
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  • mainframe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mainframe computer is a type of large data processing system. Mainframe may also refer to: Mainframe Studios...
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  • Mainframe Studios is a Canadian animation studio owned by Wow Unlimited Media and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1993 as Mainframe Entertainment...
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  • IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952. During the 1960s and 1970s, IBM dominated the computer market with the 7000 series...
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  • The designation Micromainframe (also rendered as MicroMainframe or Micro-mainframe) may refer to: The Commodore PET SuperPET 9000 series microcomputer...
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  • A mainframe audit is a comprehensive inspection of computer processes, security, and procedures, with recommendations for improvement. A mainframe computer...
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  • telecommunications, a micro-mainframe link is a physical or logical connection established between a remote microprocessor and mainframe host computer for the...
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  • "Insane in the Mainframe" is the eleventh episode in the third season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 43rd episode of the...
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  • collective term for the Linux operating system compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially IBM Z / IBM zSystems and IBM LinuxONE servers. Similar terms...
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  • Anti-Vision and eventually taken into custody. The Earth-691 version of Mainframe is a future counterpart of Vision featured in the title Guardians of the...
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  • Mainframe computers are computers used primarily by businesses and academic institutions for large-scale processes. Before personal computers, first termed...
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  • PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems which are compatible with the larger IBM mainframe computers. For a period of time PC-based mainframe-compatible...
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    the remote mainframe. The prompt indicates that the mainframe is ready to receive input. The operator enters data, offline from the mainframe, and then...
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  • Mainframe is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's communications...
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  • Master the Mainframe contest was a mainframe programming challenge organized annually by IBM Academic Initiative System z. Originally catering to students...
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  • The BUNCH was the nickname for the group of mainframe computer competitors of IBM in the 1970s. The name is derived from the names of the five companies:...
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  • ReBoot (category Television series by Mainframe Studios)
    an initial attempt by Ian Gibson. It was produced by Vancouver-based Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Distribution and BLT Productions; and originally...
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  • Open Mainframe Project is a Collaborative Project managed by the Linux Foundation to encourage the use of Linux-based operating systems and open source...
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  • massively multiplayer online sandbox game developed by Mainframe Industries and co-published by Mainframe Industries and New Tales. The game was released in...
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    computer jargon, blinkenlights are diagnostic lights on front panels of old mainframe computers. More recently the term applies to status lights of modern network...
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  • The history of IBM mainframe operating systems is significant within the history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM's long-standing position...
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  • The Sort/Merge utility is a mainframe program to sort records in a file into a specified order, merge pre-sorted files into a sorted file, or copy selected...
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    midrange systems, were a class of computer systems that fell in between mainframe computers and microcomputers.[failed verification] This class of machine...
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  • Mainframe Films and Television Productions (usually known as Mainframe Studios or Mainframe Films) was a film production company founded in 1991 by Nigerian...
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    IBM Z (category IBM System/360 mainframe line)
    IBM Z is a family name used by IBM for all of its z/Architecture mainframe computers. In July 2017, with another generation of products, the official...
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    v t e International Computers Limited (ICL) 1968-2002 Predecessor mainframes LEO I ICT 1301 ICT 1501 Elliott 803 KDF8 KDF9 English Electric System 4 series...
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    Hercules (emulator) (category IBM System/360 mainframe line)
    software written for IBM mainframe computers (System/370, System/390, and zSeries/System z) and for plug compatible mainframes (such as Amdahl machines)...
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  • IEFBR14 (category IBM mainframe operating systems)
    IEFBR14 is a utility program that runs on mainframe computers from IBM. It runs in all mainframe environments derived from OS/360, including z/OS. It is...
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    of punch-card tabulating systems. During the 1960s and 1970s, the IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360 and its successors, was the world's dominant...
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    General Comprehensive Operating System (category General Electric mainframe computers)
    systems oriented toward the 36-bit GE-600 series and Honeywell 6000 series mainframe computers. The original version of GCOS was developed by General Electric...
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