Mainframe System
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UNIVAC Mainframe
Mainframes have provided the computing power for major corporations for more than 40 years. Sperry Rand (Univac), IBM, GE, RCA, NCR, Burroughs, Honeywell and Control Data were the first companies that made mainframes in the U.S. This picture was taken in the mid-1970s. (Image courtesy of Unisys Corporation.)
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