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MAINFRAME COMPUTER

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016286

A large digital computer, normally able to process and store more data than a minicomputer and far more than a microcomputer, designed to do so faster than a minicomputer and much faster than a microcomputer, and often serving as the center of a system with many users. Also called a mainframe. See also COMPUTER, MICROCOMPUTER, MINICOMPUTER.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016286
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesRecords Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016286",
  "term": "MAINFRAME COMPUTER",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A large digital computer, normally able to process and store more data than a minicomputer and far more than a microcomputer, designed to do so faster than a minicomputer and much faster than a microcomputer, and often serving as the center of a system with many users. Also called a mainframe. See also COMPUTER, MICROCOMPUTER, MINICOMPUTER.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mainframe-computer/"
}

Record 16,286 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.