In his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under a microscope, and instead does the same in a proverbial manner with the word ‘mainframe’. Although ...

(1) Using a desktop computer as a terminal to a mainframe. See 3270 emulator. (2) An earlier expression that referred to all sizes of computers from small to large. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

A person who writes mainframe applications in programming languages such as COBOL, CICS and various 4GLs. See programmer. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...