mainframe
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Lou Gerstner was the first outsider to take the helm at IBM, the storied firm that once looked so dominant in computer mainframes that the Justice Department spent foolish years trying to break it up.
The hidebound company, overly reliant on mainframe computers, had been out-hustled by nimbler makers of desktop computers and software.
In the 1940s, it shifted from mechanical accounting machines and punch-card systems to electronic, stored-program computers and mainframes.
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The storied tech behemoth, best known as a leader in mainframe computers, conducts quantum research and development under its IBM Research division—which also undertakes work in artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
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He said a breakthrough could also allow small manufacturers to flourish in the same way that personal computers brought mainframe power to the masses.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
