❓Mainframe History Trivia: Mauchly and Eckert

❓Mainframe History Trivia: Mauchly and Eckert

This week at Planet Mainframe Trivia we’re dipping back into the deep history of computing with a quiz on the work of John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert—two of the most influential pioneers in the history of computing. Their work helped move electronic computers from...

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❓Mainframes at the Movies

❓Mainframes at the Movies

With summer blockbuster season upon us, it’s time to turn our attention away from the workaday world of the datacenter to its fictional representation. Mainframes have made memorable appearances on both the big and small screen for decades—sometimes portrayed as...

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Mainframe Jargon Challenge

Mainframe Jargon Challenge

Every technical field develops its own language, and the mainframe world is no exception. Whether we’re talking about the alphabet soup of multi-letter acronyms or terms that have been part of the platform for decades, mainframe jargon serves as a kind of shorthand...

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