Ken Shirriff on Nostr: What is the origin of the word "mainframe"? Digging through archives, I traced it ...
What is the origin of the word "mainframe"? Digging through archives, I traced it back to 1953. The IBM 701 computer was built from "frames": power frames, a storage frame, a drum frame, and the main frame. This 1953 drawing from the Installation Manual shows the dimensions of the "main frame". 1/n
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