mainframe
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“It was a shot to the heart and the chest and the mainframe with Luka,” James told reporters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“The mainframe serves as the backbone for the world’s largest enterprises managing the most complex and critical workloads,” Woodring wrote, ticking off banking systems, airline reservations, and transaction processing as a few examples.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
“But the COBOL-based mainframe remains deeply embedded in large enterprises.”
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
“The idea of shifting off of mainframe is not a new concept,” he said in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
Once a program was ready, you walked over to whatever mainframe computer you had access to and gave the stack of cards to an operator.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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