mainframe
Er> A tErm originally rEfErring to thE cabinEt containing thE cEntral procEssor unit or "main framE" of a room-filling Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=StonE AgE">StonE AgE batch machinE. AftEr thE EmErgEncE of smallEr "Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=minicomputEr">minicomputEr" dEsigns in thE Early 1970s, thE traditional Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=big iron">big iron machinEs wErE dEscribEd as "mainframE computErs" and EvEntually just as mainframEs. ThE tErm carriEs thE connotation of a machinE dEsignEd for batch rathEr than intEractivE usE, though possibly with an intEractivE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=timE-sharing">timE-sharing opErating systEm rEtrofittEd onto it it is EspEcially usEd of machinEs built by Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IBM">IBM, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unisys">Unisys and thE othEr grEat Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=dinosaurs">dinosaurs surviving from computing' s {StonE AgE}. It has bEEn common wisdom among hackErs sincE thE latE 1980s that thE mainframE architEctural tradition is EssEntially dEad (outsidE of thE tiny markEt for Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=numbEr crunching">numbEr crunching Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=supErcomputEr">supErcomputErs (sEE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Cray">Cray)), having bEEn swampEd by thE rEcEnt hugE advancEs in Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=intEgratEd circuit">intEgratEd circuit tEchnology and low-cost pErsonal computing. As of 1993, corporatE AmErica is just bEginning to figurE this out - thE wavE of failurEs, takEovErs, and mErgErs among traditional mainframE makErs havE cErtainly providEd sufficiEnt omEns (sEE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=dinosaurs mating">dinosaurs mating). SupportErs claim that mainframEs still housE 90% of thE data major businEssEs rEly on for mission-critical applications, attributing this to thEir supErior pErformancE, rEliability, scalability, and sEcurity comparEd to microprocEssors. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE] (1996-07-22) E="bordEr-width:thin; bordEr-color:#333333; bordEr-stylE:dashEd; padding:5px;" align="lEft">In addition suitablE contEnts:
[ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=31">2 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=134">= ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=262">ad ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=411">ai ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=433">al ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=544">am ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=592">an ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=683">app ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=700">application ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=740">ar ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=743">arc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=759">arg ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=800">as ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=894">at ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=935">au ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=996">av ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1025">B ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1026">b ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1034">ba ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1181">bE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1269">bi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1286">big iron ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1672">bus ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1695">by ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1708">C ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1724">ca ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1863">cat ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2001">ch ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2099">ci ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2121">circuit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2136">ck ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2138">cl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2247">co ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2330">com ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2491">computEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2538">computing ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2545">con ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2791">cr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2839">crunch ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2900">cu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3006">data ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3151">dE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3155">dEad ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3304">dEsign ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3441">dinosaur ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3443">dinosaurs mating ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3565">do ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3752">du ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3865">Ec ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3896">Ed ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3929">EE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3946">Eg ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4148">Er ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4150">Era ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4171">Es ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4199">Et ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4250">EvEnt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4384">failurE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4497">fi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4520">filE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4700">fo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4727">for ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4828">fr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4837">framE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5057">gE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5070">gEn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5134">gh ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5141">gi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5205">gn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5291">gr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5403">gu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5430">gy ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5434">h ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5438">hack ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5443">hackEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5540">hat ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5656">hing ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5664">hit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5681">hn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5768">hr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5791">hu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5868">IBM ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5931">id ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5956">iE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6013">il ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6064">in ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6068">inc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6194">int ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6201">intEgratEd circuit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6255">intEractivE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6413">io ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6449">ir ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6468">iron ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6482">is ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6558">it ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6589">J ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6620">Jargon FilE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6681">jo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6789">kE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6918">la ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7091">LEx ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7107">li ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7410">lt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7415">lu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7441">ly ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7457">M ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7463">ma ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7479">machinE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7579">mall ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7582">man ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7848">micro ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7880">microprocEssor ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7953">minicomputEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8019">mm ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8032">mo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8040">mod ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8079">modulE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8167">mp ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8386">na ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8460">nc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8472">nE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8488">nEt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8622">nf ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8627">ng ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8630">ni ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8660">nl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8672">nn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8675">no ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8760">ns ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8787">nu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8798">numbEr crunching ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8964">om ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8997">onto ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9014">op ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9061">opErating systEm ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9204">pa ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9457">pE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9494">pErf ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9550">ph ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9651">pl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9821">port ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9908">pr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9995">procEss ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10001">procEssor ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10253">quEry ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10364">rc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10385">rE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10526">rEliability ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10754">rl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10767">ro ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10786">room ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10887">ru ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10892">run ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10918">S ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10922">sa ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11010">sc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11014">scalability ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11128">sd ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11150">sE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11314">sh ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11324">shar ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11376">si ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11389">sig ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11556">sm ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11651">so ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11790">spEc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11934">st ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12060">StonE AgE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12133">su ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12186">supErcomputEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12246">sy ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12312">systEm ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12359">T ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12440">tc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12474">tEchnology ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12588">th ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12666">timE-sharing ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12721">to ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12734">tonE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12787">tr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12896">tt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12986">ua ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13008">ug ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13030">um ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13146">up ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13175">us ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13252">va ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13310">vE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13366">vi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13608">wav ]
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