mainframe
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“It was a shot to the heart and the chest and the mainframe with Luka,” James told reporters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
There is a perception that IBM’s mainframe business could be threatened by AI.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
IBM suffered its worst day in 25 years, compounded by Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude AI could modernize COBOL, the programming language holding IBM’s mainframe empire together.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“But the COBOL-based mainframe remains deeply embedded in large enterprises.”
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
I used the code that listed Detective Barrone’s call to my father to wiggle into the Division of Detectives mainframe.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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