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Mainframe Computer

This document provides information about mainframe computers. It discusses that mainframes are large, expensive computers used by large hospitals to process large amounts of data like billing, payroll, and inventory. Mainframes were first invented in the 1930s and acquired their name due to their large size. Today, mainframes are still used by large hospitals to manage electronic medical records, business transactions, and other systems like laboratories, radiology, and admissions. The document compares mainframes to supercomputers and discusses their different purposes.

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Mainframe Computer

This document provides information about mainframe computers. It discusses that mainframes are large, expensive computers used by large hospitals to process large amounts of data like billing, payroll, and inventory. Mainframes were first invented in the 1930s and acquired their name due to their large size. Today, mainframes are still used by large hospitals to manage electronic medical records, business transactions, and other systems like laboratories, radiology, and admissions. The document compares mainframes to supercomputers and discusses their different purposes.

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FOURTH PRESENTOR

Mainframe
A type of Computer
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS
01 What is it

The 02

03
Development

Purpose

Contents 04

05
Features

Present-Day Use

06 Mainframe vs Supercomputer
Mainframe
The mainframe computer is the most common, fast, large,
and expensive type of computer. It is a large multiuser central
computer that meets the computing needs of large and
medium sized public and private hospitals. Mainframes are
used for processing the large amount of repetitive
calculations like handling the biling, payroll, inventory control,
and business operations.
The first mainframe computer
was invented in the 1930s by

Development Harvard scholar Howard Aiken,


who popularized the name
mainframe. His idea was to

of Mainframe build a massive calculator for


the solution of a set of nonlinear

Computer
equations. Mainframes acquired
their name because of their size,
typically as large as a six-foot-
tall closet. They also required
specialized heating, ventilation
and cooling, as well as a
dedicated power supply.
WHAT DO MAINFRAMES DO?

Purpose

Act as a data Help enforce Allocate processor


warehouse authentication and time and resources
orchestration system access permissions
01 Extensive multiuser support

Features Their extensive input and output


capabilities to support their multiuser
environment.
OF A MAINFRAME COMPUTER

02 Complex, reliable engineering


Complex engineering to support long-
term stability with high reliability,
allowing these machines to run
uninterrupted for decades

03 Massive throughput processing


Their ability to process the massive
throughput needed for high-volume
business transactions and office
operation.
• Large and medium-sized hospitals (300 beds
and up) use mainframe computers for business
office operations.

• Mainframes may handle electronic medical


PRESENT-DAY USE
records (EMR) or be subcontracted from

In Hospital
computer system support vendors.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)


manage high-volume business transactions,
including medical record operations.
Setting
• Mainframes in hospitals support the Hospital
Information Technology (HIT) system,
purchased from major HIT vendors.
A partial list of departments that have their
systems on the hospital's mainframe

Laboratory and Patient Location Admission Dietary Record


Radiology System Department Department Medication
Systems Orders
Mainframe Supercomputer

Primarily serve as storage for Primarily used for large-scale


extensive databases mathematical computation

Are built to handle a large variety of Mostly purpose-built for one or a few
tasks specific institutional

Application in fields such as finance Application in fields like nuclear


and health weapon simulation
Presentors
Duque, Angelica Desiree G.
Rubio, Diana Mae A.
Cui, Zesthryl Trish P.
Afable, Marianne Liezel S.
Enriquez, Gleizl Ann B.
Esteban, Irish R.
Gayo, Jean Frances Nicole P.
Matolo, Indira Lyka A.
Mensurado, Fhoebie B.
Rabino, Michael Warren C.
Rubio, Diana Mae A.
Sawaban, Sheenalyn R.
Sources

Saba, V. K., & McCormick, K. A. (2015). Essentials of Nursing Informatics. McGraw-Hill


Education
Mainframe computer | definition, examples & operating system. (n.d.).
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