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Re:Millennials and Mainframes: How to Bridge the Gap by j1vms on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:43PM (#17981196)
> what is a mainframe and why would I want one?

Very roughly speaking, a mainframe is to a CPU what a supercomputer is to a GPU.

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Re:Millennials and Mainframes: How to Bridge the Gap by mmt on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:26PM (#17982762)
If speaking very roughtly, I'd go so far as to extend that analogy to the CPUs, as well, and, more importantly, the I/O.
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