WebMainframe computer. 56 languages. ... Mainframe computers are specially used as servers on the World Wide Web . They are distinct from supercomputers. The term originally referred to the large cabinets that housed the central processing unit and main memory of early computers. Later the term was used to distinguish very big computers from less …

WebConsequently, demand plummeted and new mainframe installations were restricted mainly to financial services and government. In the early 1990s, there was a rough consensus among industry analysts that the mainframe was a dying market as mainframe platforms were increasingly replaced by personal computer networks.

WebMicrosoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the relational Access Database Engine (ACE) with a graphical user interface and software-development tools (not to be confused with the old Microsoft Access which was a telecommunication program that provided terminal emulation and interfaces for ease of …

WebMainframe IBM 704. In informatica il mainframe computer (ellissi utilizzata comunemente: mainframe) o sistema centrale è un tipo di computer caratterizzato da prestazioni di elaborazione dati di alto livello di tipo centralizzato, opposto dunque a quello di un sistema distribuito come un cluster computer.Tipicamente sono presenti in grandi sistemi …

WebVAX (an acronym for Virtual Address eXtension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century. The VAX-11/780, introduced October 25, 1977, was the first of a range of popular and influential computers implementing the …

WebOn mainframe computers. Years listed are those in which early mainframe games and others are believed to have originally appeared. Often these games were continually modified and played as a succession of versions for years after their initial posting.

WebA minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller general purpose computers that developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.In a 1970 survey, The New York Times suggested a consensus definition of a minicomputer as a machine costing less than …

WebA management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization.The study of the management information systems involves people, processes and technology in an organizational context. In a corporate setting, the …

WebIBM System z9 is a line of IBM mainframe computers.The first models were available on September 16, 2005. The System z9 also marks the end of the previously used eServer zSeries naming convention. It was also the last mainframe computer that NASA ever used.

WebThe Mainframe, an overarching computer system to support the super-department of The Environment, in the BBC comedy satire Nineteen Ninety-Four by William Osborne and Richard Turner (1985) 2000s. Alpha, from Mike Walker's BBC radio play of the same name (2001) System, from the Doctor Who audio adventure The Harvest by Big Finish …