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Mainframe Computers

The Backbone of Big Business With technology, what you can do influences what you want to do—which gradually expands what you can do. Businesses in the 1950s increasingly recognized computers’ broad potential. They demanded flexible,…

Minicomputers

Less is More: Smaller, Simpler, Cheaper This new kind of computer, smaller and simpler than mainframes, was designed to interact directly with users and the outside world. A flexible, inexpensive tool, it brought computers within the reach…