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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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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Mainframe computers are computers used primarily by businesses and academic institutions for large-scale processes. Before personal computers, first termed...
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Midrange computers, or midrange systems, were a class of computer systems that fell in between mainframe computers and microcomputers.[failed verification]...
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tape/card readers, like mainframes and unlike most personal computers, but require less space and electrical power than a typical mainframe. This term has fallen...
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some more obscure computer sizes. There are different sizes like minicomputers, microcomputers, mainframe computers and super computers. These are mainly...
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distributed worldwide, running on nearly a dozen different networked mainframe computers. Many modern concepts in multi-user computing were first developed...
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New Jersey, and Florida. The former role of a computer operator was to work with mainframe computers which required a great deal of management day-to-day...
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Role-playing video game (redirect from Computer role-playing game)
attempted to implement systems like Dungeons & Dragons on university mainframe computers. While initially niche, RPGs would soon become mainstream on consoles...
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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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(Russian: Урал) is a series of mainframe computers built in the former Soviet Union. The Ural was developed at the Electronic Computer Producing Manufacturer...
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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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implementations of the programming language Lisp for the IBM 704 mainframe computer. It was Russell who realized that the concept of universal functions...
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Since the rise of the personal computer in the 1980s, IBM and other vendors have created PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems which are compatible...
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Video game (redirect from Computer games)
video-like output from large, room-sized mainframe computers. The first consumer video game was the arcade video game Computer Space in 1971, which took inspiration...
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constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers, servers...
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computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff...
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Minicomputer (redirect from Mini-computer)
general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, built significantly smaller and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from...
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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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Strela computer (Russian: ЭВМ Стрела, lit. 'Arrow') was the first mainframe vacuum-tube computer manufactured serially in the Soviet Union, beginning...
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MU-TH-R 182 model 2.1 terabyte AI Mainframe/"Mother" (more commonly seen now as "MU/TH/UR 6000"), the onboard computer on the commercial spacecraft Nostromo...
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minicomputers and mainframes, time-sharing by many people at the same time is not used with personal computers. The term home computer has also been used...
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The EOT character is used in legacy communications protocols by mainframe computer manufacturers such as IBM, Burroughs Corporation, and the BUNCH. Terminal...
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speakers. Power and data connections vary between phones. A mainframe computer is a much larger computer that typically fills a room and may cost many hundreds...
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Hybrid computer Harvard architecture Von Neumann architecture Complex instruction set computer Reduced instruction set computer Supercomputer Mainframe computer...
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IBM 700/7000 series (category IBM transistorized computers)
The IBM 700/7000 series is a series of large-scale (mainframe) computer systems that were made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The series includes...
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The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) (category Mainframe games)
popularity with the students, it was deleted from the school district's mainframe computer at the end of the school semester. Rawitsch recreated the game in...
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History of video games (redirect from Timeline of computer and video games)
in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by...
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circuit board. Large mainframe computers used ICs to increase storage and processing abilities. The 1965 IBM System/360 mainframe computer family are sometimes...
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Computers designed or built in Britain include: Acorn Computers Acorn Eurocard systems Acorn System 1 Acorn Atom BBC Micro Acorn Electron BBC Master Acorn...
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