mainframe

Example Sentences

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Working with large mainframe computers early in his career, he could tell the difference between punch cards by how they sounded.

From Washington Post

He had already spent nearly two decades as a tech pioneer while the industry advanced from giant mainframes fed by index cards to desktop PCs.

From Washington Post

IBM, the king of mainframe computers, didn’t just miss the shift to personal computers; it initially fought it.

From Washington Post

Pulling this off the internet and onto secured mainframes would make this information safer.

From Washington Post

Many of those systems “are old mainframe systems that are generally reliable, but they are out of date,” he said.

From Seattle Times