On 7/31/23 9:28 AM, Schmitt, Michael wrote:
MAINFRAME: a computer that is larger than a midrange minicomputer
and smaller than a supercomputer.
Chuckle.
pc < workstation < minicomputer < mainframe < supercomputer
I posit that we should word smith to be "single computer" to rule out
large Google sized clusters of thousands of computers.
But if we rule out "single computer" how does that effect sysplex / CF?
If we say that sysplex / CF is a single computer, does that mean that we
also include NUMA servers from the '90s which appeared to run a single
system image?
Definitions get tricky and require discussion back and forth to arrive
at a common definition accepted for the conversation at hand.
More seriously, http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/mainframe.html refers
to http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/dinosaur.html, which is defined as
"Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power."
LOL That tends to put mains and supers in the same category. At least
most of them. It might have included some mini's in the days of yore.
Grant. . . .
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