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Midrange computer

Index Midrange computer

Midrange computers, or midrange systems, are a class of computer systems which fall in between mainframe computers and microcomputers. [1]

25 relations: Client–server model, Computer, Data General, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, HP 3000, IBM mainframe, IBM Power Systems, IBM System i, IBM System/3, IBM System/32, IBM System/34, IBM System/36, IBM System/38, List of IBM products, Mainframe computer, Microcomputer, Minicomputer, Programmed Data Processor, Relational database management system, Server (computing), SPARC Enterprise, Sun Microsystems, Superminicomputer, 48-bit.

Client–server model

The client–server model is a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Data General

Data General was one of the first minicomputer firms from the late 1960s.

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Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP) or shortened to Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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HP 3000

The HP 3000 series is a family of minicomputers released by Hewlett-Packard in 1972.

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IBM mainframe

IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952.

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IBM Power Systems

Power Systems is IBM's Power Architecture-based server line.

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IBM System i

The IBM System i is IBM's previous generation of midrange computer systems for IBM i users, and was subsequently replaced by the IBM Power Systems in April 2008.

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IBM System/3

The IBM System/3 was an IBM midrange computer introduced in 1969, and marketed until 1985.

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IBM System/32

The IBM System/32 (IBM 5320) introduced in January 1975 was a low-end business computer with builtin display screen, disk drives, printer, and database report software.

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IBM System/34

The IBM System/34 was an IBM midrange computer introduced in 1977.

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IBM System/36

The IBM System/36 (often abbreviated as S/36) was a small computer system marketed by IBM from 1983 to 2000 - a multi-user, multi-tasking successor to the System/34.

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IBM System/38

The System/38 was a midrange computer server platform manufactured and sold by the IBM Corporation.

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List of IBM products

The following is a partial list of products, services, and subsidiaries of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s.

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Mainframe computer

Mainframe computers (colloquially referred to as "big iron") are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications; bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning; and transaction processing.

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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit (CPU).

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Minicomputer

A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was developed in the mid-1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.

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Programmed Data Processor

Programmed Data Processor (PDP), referred to by some customers, media and authors as "Programmable Data Processor, is a term used by the Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1990 for several lines of minicomputers.

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Relational database management system

A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) based on the relational model invented by Edgar F. Codd at IBM's San Jose Research Laboratory.

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Server (computing)

In computing, a server is a computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called "clients".

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SPARC Enterprise

The SPARC Enterprise series is a range of UNIX server computers based on the SPARC V9 architecture.

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Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.

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Superminicomputer

A superminicomputer, or supermini, was “a minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers.” The term was an invention used from the mid-1970s mainly to distinguish the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputers.

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48-bit

In computer architecture, 48-bit integers can represent 281,474,976,710,656 (248 or 2.814749767×1014) discrete values.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrange_computer

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