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Fahad Ahmed Class Bsaf 3 Registration No. BSAF 07203004 Subject Information Tecnology Teacher Adeel Mustafa Assignment 2ND Assignment Topic

1. The document compares computer systems and mainframe computers. Computer systems are built around at least one digital processing device and have five main hardware components: input, processing, storage, output, and communication. Mainframe computers are larger computers primarily used by large organizations for critical tasks requiring bulk data processing or large-scale transaction processing. 2. The document then discusses industries that still rely heavily on mainframe computers due to their ability to efficiently handle huge volumes of transactions, including banking, insurance, healthcare, government, aviation, retail, and others. Major companies in these industries continue to invest in mainframe systems for tasks like processing financial transactions, assessing risk, storing and analyzing healthcare and government data, and ensuring efficient transportation

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Fahad Ahmed Class Bsaf 3 Registration No. BSAF 07203004 Subject Information Tecnology Teacher Adeel Mustafa Assignment 2ND Assignment Topic

1. The document compares computer systems and mainframe computers. Computer systems are built around at least one digital processing device and have five main hardware components: input, processing, storage, output, and communication. Mainframe computers are larger computers primarily used by large organizations for critical tasks requiring bulk data processing or large-scale transaction processing. 2. The document then discusses industries that still rely heavily on mainframe computers due to their ability to efficiently handle huge volumes of transactions, including banking, insurance, healthcare, government, aviation, retail, and others. Major companies in these industries continue to invest in mainframe systems for tasks like processing financial transactions, assessing risk, storing and analyzing healthcare and government data, and ensuring efficient transportation

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NAME

FAHAD AHMED
CLASS
BSAF 3
REGISTRATION NO.
BSAF 07203004
SUBJECT
INFORMATION TECNOLOGY
TEACHER
ADEEL MUSTAFA
ASSIGNMENT
2ND
ASSIGNMENT TOPIC
Differnce between computer system and main frames,also
mention the name of organization that are using these
devices
COMPUTER SYSTEM
A computer system is a set of integrated devices that input,
output, process, and store data and information. Computer
systems are currently built around at least one digital
processing device. There are five main hardware components in
a computer system: Input, Processing, Storage, Output and
Communication devices.

MAIN FRAME COMPUTER


A mainframe computer, informally called
a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by
large organizations for critical applications like bulk data
processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and
consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and
large-scale transaction processing. A mainframe computer
is large but not as large as a supercomputer and has more
processing power than some other classes of computers,
such as minicomputers, servers, workstations,
and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-
system architectures were established in the 1960s, but
they continue to evolve. Mainframe computers are often
used as servers.
Industries where mainframes still matter
Why are companies like IBM still investing huge amounts of money
developing mainframe systems? Why are businesses keeping the mainframes
they have and even investing in more?

The short answer is that they remain the only type of hardware capable of
efficiently handling the huge volume of transactions that are a common part
of business operations in many industries today.

The long answer is that mainframes are still a crucial resource in industries
like the following:

Banking

44 of the top 50 banks use IBM Z mainframes.

Banks of all types need to process enormous volumes of transactions.


Investment banks prioritize high-frequency trading and need to react
instantaneously to changes in financial markets. Plain-old retail banking,
which revolves around credit card transactions, ATM withdrawals, and online
account updates, means banks of all types need to process enormous volumes
of transactions. In both contexts, mainframes allow banks to process data on
a scale that commodity servers can’t handle.

Related customer story: Financial Services Firm Saves Millions via Sort
Offload to zIIP With Precisely Technology
Insurance

IBM z mainframes are used by all top 10 insurers worldwide.

Insurance companies live and die on data – a lot of it. Data helps them assess
risk, set prices and invest in the right markets. Insurers depend on
mainframes to make sure they can handle the data that drives their business.

Related customer story: Insurance Co. Tames Its Complex Web Applications

Healthcare
Healthcare, too, is an industry where data is now king – and so, by extension,
are mainframes. Mainframes power the secure, compliant, high-volume and
highly available data storage and transactions that make modern healthcare
tick.

Government

From the IRS to the National Weather Service, government agencies of all
types need to store and analyze huge amounts of data. Mainframes are still
helping them to do it.

Aviation

You don’t need to be a pilot to know that flight networks are complicated and
ever-changing. That’s why airlines – not to mention government regulators
that oversee airlines and even aircraft manufacturers – rely on mainframes to
help ensure that people and planes arrive where they are supposed to in the
most efficient way possible.
Retail

23 of the 25 largest U.S. retailers continue to use mainframes.

Traditional retailers have long used the mainframe to help process


transactions and keep track of inventories. But it’s not only old brick-and-
mortar stores that can make use of these machines.

Online retailers, too, can benefit from the ability of modern mainframe
systems to handle enormous volumes of transactions.

Conclusions

The folks who have predicted the demise of the mainframe have turned out to
be wrong time and again, and there’s no sign that they’ll be right anytime
soon. Mainframes remain a core part of the IT infrastructure used by
companies that span a diverse set of industries.

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