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What is mainframe computer

Postby EComp » Thu May 12, 2016 2:23 pm

Hello guys,

What is mainframe computer special application from desktop or laptop computer?
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby Robert Sample » Thu May 12, 2016 4:21 pm

Google is your friend. Google system z and see what you can learn. And mainframes were around more than 20 years before PCs.
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby steve-myers » Thu May 12, 2016 5:12 pm

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"Mainframe" computers first appeared around 1950. "Mini" computers first appeared around 1960. "Personal" computers first appeared around 1980.
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby EComp » Thu May 12, 2016 6:17 pm

IBM used in NASA.
how to buy this mainframe computer and how to identify it is main frame ?
why government sector used it?
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby EComp » Thu May 12, 2016 6:25 pm

LINux is open source can i use it with my window 7??
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby Robert Sample » Thu May 12, 2016 6:46 pm

LINux is open source can i use it with my window 7??
What does this have to do with mainframes?

IBM used in NASA.
how to buy this mainframe computer and how to identify it is main frame ?
why government sector used it?
If you cannot be bothered to do any research, why should we do your research for you? Use Google or Bing or whatever and start learning something on your own. The cheapest IBM mainframes run about $75,000 USD (depending on what you're wanting) and the cost can get up well over 10 million US dollars. Most companies buying a mainframe do so through an IBM partner and not directly from IBM.

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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby EComp » Thu May 12, 2016 7:21 pm

What is application of mainframe computer?
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby admin » Thu May 12, 2016 7:36 pm

Please check our wiki pages for all your questions: http://ibmmainframes.com/wiki/
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Re: Mainframe computer

Postby Robert Sample » Thu May 12, 2016 7:39 pm

Mainframe computers are used by something like 71% of the Fortune 500 companies. The last research I saw indicated that if you use an ATM machine anywhere in the world, there is a 95% chance that your data goes through a mainframe at some point. 96 of the top 100 banks in the world, 23 of the top 25 US retailers, and 9 out of 10 of the largest insurance companies in the world use system z. Mainframes are used in cloud computing, manufacturing, financial systems, inventory, human resources, and pretty much every area a company can need a computer for.
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Re: What is mainframe computer

Postby EComp » Fri May 13, 2016 12:37 pm

Hello again,
what is Mainframes cloud computing??
i have seen Dish antenna at ATM communicating from satellite is that one way communication or both duplex?
because the antenna can receive from satellite can it transmit back to satellite to??
In India who manufacture mainframe?
what special work can mainframe do than our normal AMD Intel computer?
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