> On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 06:36:52 AM PDT, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > There is NO DEFINITION.Of course there is a definition otherwise it's > jabberwocky. Not one person is willing to accept the actual definition as > given in all dictionaries: a large computer shared by many people. My point > is that today, every computer used as a server is a mainframe. System z has > fallen to the ranks of a server and mainframe should not be used.
> Everyone may use it's own imagination. Made up definitions are either jabberwocky or slang. > Of course some definition may be less popular than other. So you are saying everyone's definition is correct as long as that person knows what it means. > IMHO, The most commonly used definition > NOWADAYS is: IBM System Z. Common use of a word doesn't mean people use it correctly. My point is that everyone is using "mainframe" incorrectly. Either System z is a server or all servers are mainframes. Either change the definition or people should use it correctly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
