When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mainframe computer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer

    A mainframe computer is large but not as large as a supercomputer and has more processing power than some other classes of computers, such as minicomputers, servers, workstations, and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-system architectures were established in the 1960s, but they continue to evolve. Mainframe computers are often used ...

  3. History of computing hardware (1960s–present) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing...

    The planar process was developed by Noyce's colleague Jean Hoerni in early 1959, based on the silicon surface passivation and thermal oxidation processes developed by by Carl Frosch and Lincoln Derrick in 1955 and 1957. [4][5][6][7][8][9] Computers using IC chips began to appear in the early 1960s.

  4. IBM mainframe - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_mainframe

    IBM mainframe. IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952. During the 1960s and 1970s, IBM dominated the computer market with the 7000 series and the later System/360, followed by the System/370. Current mainframe computers in IBM's line of business computers are developments of the basic design of the System/360.

  5. List of computer size categories - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_size...

    This list of computer size categories attempts to list commonly used categories of computer by the physical size of the device and its chassis or case, in descending order of size. One generation's "supercomputer" is the next generation's "mainframe", and a "PDA" does not have the same set of functions as a "laptop", but the list still has ...

  6. IBM System/360 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360

    S/370-XA. ESA/370. ESA/390. z/Architecture. v. t. e. The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. [1] System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applications and a complete range of applications from ...

  7. IBM Z - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Z

    It is distinguished from the LinuxONE model by the blue accents on the doors. A pair of IBM mainframes. On the left is the IBM z13 (while the naming was changed, the z13 line had a zSystems label on doors). On the right is the IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper. IBM Z[1] is a family name used by IBM for all of its z/Architecture mainframe computers.

  8. IBM 700/7000 series - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_700/7000_series

    z/Architecture. v. t. e. The IBM 700/7000 series is a series of large-scale (mainframe) computer systems that were made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The series includes several different, incompatible processor architectures. The 700s use vacuum-tube logic and were made obsolete by the introduction of the transistorized 7000s.

  9. Classes of computers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_computers

    Classes of computers. Different types of computers – clockwise from top left: Desktop computer (IBM ThinkCentre S50 with monitor) Smartphone (LYF Water 2) Supercomputer (IBM Blue Gene/P) Video game console (Nintendo GameCube) Computers can be classified, or typed, in many ways. Some common classifications of computers are given below.