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 …
The IBM System/360 | IBM
The System/360 became an industry standard and set IBM on a path to dominate the computer industry for two decades. By 1989, products based on the System/360’s architecture and its …
IBM System/360 - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
Jan 9, 2015 · 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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
IBM System/360 History: A Revolutionary Mainframe Story
Jun 10, 2024 · 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 …
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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 S/360: - IBM
The introduction of the IBM System/360™ (or S/360™) in 1964 signaled the start of the third generation: the first general purpose computers. Earlier systems such as the 1401 were …
OS/360 and successors - Wikipedia
OS/360, officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System, [1][2] is a discontinued batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe …