Systems Network Architecture (SNA) is IBM's proprietary networking architecture, created in 1974. It is a complete protocol stack for interconnecting...
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Systems Application Architecture (SAA), introduced in 1987, is a set of standards for computer software developed by IBM. The SAA initiative was started...
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IBM i (the i standing for integrated) is an operating system developed by IBM for IBM Power Systems. It was originally released in 1988 as OS/400, as...
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to IBM Z from IBM z Systems; the IBM Z family includes the newest model, the IBM z17, as well as the z16, z15, z14, and z13 (released under the IBM z Systems/IBM...
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and to be connected to the central host mainframe, using IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Although its successor's role in distributed data processing...
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unit type 6.2 ) APPC was developed in 1982 as a component of IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Several APIs were developed for programming languages...
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the IBM RS/6000 series and later Power and PowerPC-based systems, IBM System i, System/370 mainframes, PS/2 personal computers, and the Apple Network Server...
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Unit 6.2 is an IBM-originated communications protocol specification dating from 1974, and is part of IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA). A device-independent...
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the z900, in late 2000. Subsequent z/Architecture systems include the IBM z800, z990, z890, System z9, System z10, zEnterprise 196, zEnterprise 114,...
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IBM POWER is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by IBM. The name is an acronym for Performance Optimization...
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Data-Link Switching (category Systems Network Architecture)
unroutable, non-IP based protocols such as IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and NBF over an IP network. DLSw was initially documented in IETF RFC...
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less visible as well. In 1974, IBM announced Systems Network Architecture (SNA), a networking protocol for computing systems. SNA is a uniform set of rules...
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simultaneously, multiprocessor refers to a hardware architecture that allows multiprocessing. Multiprocessor systems are classified according to how processor memory...
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Personal System/2 laptop IBM System/3 IBM System/4 Pi IBM Office System/6 IBM System/7 IBM System/23 IBM System/32 IBM System/34 IBM System/36 IBM System/38...
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File System (CIFS). In 1986, IBM announced client and server support for Distributed Data Management Architecture (DDM) for the System/36, System/38, and...
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a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the...
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international computer networking system deployed in the mid-1970s and still in current, though greatly diminished, use. It was developed inside IBM and provided...
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Enterprise Extender (category Systems Network Architecture)
IBM Enterprise Extender (EE) is a standard internet transport protocol for IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) High Performance Routing traffic over...
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Midrange computer (redirect from IBM Midrange Systems)
IBM favored the term "midrange computer" for their comparable, but more business-oriented systems. System/3 (1969) was the first IBM midrange system....
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IBM 37xx (or 37x5) is a family of IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) programmable communications controllers used mainly in mainframe environments...
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IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) is an extension to the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) "that allows large and small computers to communicate...
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2022, IBM released Db2 13 for z/OS. "Data warehousing" was first mentioned in a 1988 IBM Systems Journal article entitled, "An Architecture for Business...
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IBM MQ. The products that are included in the MQ family are IBM MQ, IBM MQ Advanced, IBM MQ Appliance, IBM MQ for z/OS, and IBM MQ on IBM Cloud. IBM MQ...
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Neural Network Processing Assists (NNPA) instruction performs a variety of tensor instructions useful for neural networks. z/Architecture IBM Z Mainframe...
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The Open Systems Adapter (OSA) is a network controller for IBM z/Architecture, ES/9000 and S/390 mainframes. The OSA can be installed in a mainframe I/O...
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the IBM PC, Amiga 2000 and Apple IIe have an open architecture supporting plug-in cards, whereas the Apple IIc computer has a closed architecture. Open...
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consoles. IBM z/Architecture processors: for z/Architecture mainframes IBM z10 IBM z196 IBM zEC12 IBM z13 IBM z14 IBM z15 IBM Telum IBM 1011: IBM 1401/1440/1460/1414...
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channel connected to an IBM mainframe or linked via an SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) link. In the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) protocol these...
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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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Application Business Systems, dedicated to mid-range computers; IBM Enterprise Systems, dedicated to mainframes; Pennant Systems, dedicated to mid-range...
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