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
“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,” Daryanani concluded.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 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
She went to her computer and wrote some code, walked a set of punch cards to the mainframe in another building, and waited while it slugged through the calculations.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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