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Written by Ken Shirriff on 2025-02-01 at 18:56

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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Written by Lockpick Extreme on 2025-02-01 at 23:31

@kenshirriff thanks for digging up this bit of history. I feel a little smarter already.

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