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Characteristics and Uses of Mainframe Computers

A mainframe computer is a large, high-speed computer that supports numerous workstations and is the primary memory of a computer. Mainframes are large arrays of computers used by corporations to process massive amounts of data, usually filling an entire room. They have characteristics like virtual storage, multiprocessing, spooling, batch processing, time sharing, high capacity, scalability, integrity and security, availability, access to large data sets, system management, and autonomic capabilities. Mainframes have been used since the 1950s and are still used today for processing large corporate data.

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Characteristics and Uses of Mainframe Computers

A mainframe computer is a large, high-speed computer that supports numerous workstations and is the primary memory of a computer. Mainframes are large arrays of computers used by corporations to process massive amounts of data, usually filling an entire room. They have characteristics like virtual storage, multiprocessing, spooling, batch processing, time sharing, high capacity, scalability, integrity and security, availability, access to large data sets, system management, and autonomic capabilities. Mainframes have been used since the 1950s and are still used today for processing large corporate data.

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MAINFRAME

COMPUTER
By:Ahmad Diauddin bin Yusof
Ahmad Bakhtiar bin abdullah

large high-speed computer that is suporting numerous


workstations
It is the primary memory of a computer
Large arrays of computers used by corporations to
process massive amounts of data.
Usually a mainframe is a large room full of computer
cabinets mostly they performing the same task

What is mainframe computer?

2013

1950

Example Mainframe

Virtual

storage
Multiprogramming
Spooling
Batch processing
Time sharing

Characteristics of Mainframe

Capacity
Scalability
Integrity

and security
Availability
Access to large amounts of data
System management
Autonomic capabilities

Mainframe uses

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