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mainframe

[meyn-freym] / ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm /
NOUN
central processing unit
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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

In February, IBM stock posted its worst decline in 25 years—tumbling sharply on news that Anthropic had released AI tools that could help with modernizing Cobol, a programming language mainly run on IBM mainframe computers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

That makes it unlikely that customers will move away from using its mainframes toward decentralized platforms—a potential shift known as mainframe disintermediation—over the next several years.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“The idea of shifting off of mainframe is not a new concept,” Daryanani concluded.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Despite Mother’s “get out of jail free” card, she was still determined to climb the wall and hack into the company’s mainframe.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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