IBM System/360 - Wikipedia
The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, [1] and delivered between 1965 and 1978. [2] System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applications and a complete range of applications from small to large.
The IBM System/360 | IBM
Launched on April 7, 1964, the System/360 was so named because it was meant to address all possible types of users with one unified software-compatible architecture. This marked a sharp departure from concepts of the past in designing and building computers.
IBM OS/360 | Definition, History, Versions, & Facts | Britannica
IBM OS/360, operating system introduced by IBM in 1964 to operate its 360 family of mainframe computer systems. The 360 system was unprecedented in its ability to support a wide array of applications, and it was one of the first operating systems to …
Forty years ago IBM changed the worlds of computing and business — and transformed itself — with the revolutionary System/360. The spirit of that time thrives today in a new era of big bets, innovation and on demand business.
IBM System/360 - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
2015年1月9日 · The April 1964 announcement of IBM System/360 was revolutionary in content and unprecedented in scope. It replaced all five of IBM’s (6-bit-byte) computer product lines with one strictly compatible family, using a new hybrid-integrated-circuit technology and a new 8-bit-byte architecture.
IBM System/360 History: A Revolutionary Mainframe Story
2024年6月10日 · The IBM System/360 Operating System, also known as OS/360, was a batch-processing system introduced in 1964 for the then-new System/360 mainframe. It has since been discontinued and is no longer in use.
The IBM System/360 and the Third Generation of Computing
At a cost to IBM of an estimated $5 billion, the System/360 represented the transition to the Third Generation of mainframe computers, traumatized IBM’s customers, and sent IBM’s competitors scrambling for survival.
May the circle be unbroken: The IBM 360 and the birth of …
2014年4月7日 · Actual delivery of IBM System/360 computers began in 1965. The product was a rousing success for a full circle of customers, both in the United States and abroad. Each machine had a staff of programmers, technicians, and operators.
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The IBM System/360
IBM’s announcement of the IBM System/360 on Tuesday, 7 April, 1964 was an inflection point for the information technology industry. With its consistent architecture across the line of products, the System/360 enabled the unprecedented growth of …
IBM System/360 - CHM Revolution
IBM’s System/360, a new family of general-purpose computers, changed everything. Programs for one System/360 computer ran on all, letting customers readily consolidate computing capabilities. Every subsequent IBM mainframe is a descendant of the first System/360s.