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IBM platform (disambiguation)

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The term IBM platform could refer to any of the hardware and operating systems below.

Current

  • IBM Power Systems, a family name for the merged System p and System i
  • PureSystems, an IBM product line of factory pre-configured components and servers also being referred to as an "Expert Integrated System"
  • IBM Z, a family name used by IBM for all of its z/Architecture mainframe computers from the Z900 on; this is the most recent architecture descended from IBM System/360
    • IBM System z, an older name for IBM Z
    • IBM z System, an older name for IBM Z
  • IBM PC compatible, a machine compatible with the IBM PC and successors.
  • IBM i, an operating system that runs on IBM Power Systems and IBM PureSystems, preceded by:
    • CPF, the operating system for the S/38
    • OS/400, the operating system for the AS/400
    • i5/OS, the operating system for the eServer i5
  • z/OS, a 64-bit operating system for IBM mainframes; this is the most recent incarnation of OS/360 and successors

Discontinued

  • IBM System i, preceded by S/38, AS/400 and eServer i5, is a line of midrange computer systems from IBM that uses the IBM i operating system
  • IBM System p, formerly known as RS/6000, was IBM's RISC/UNIX-based server product line.
  • IBM System/360, the predecessor to S/370
  • IBM System/370, the predecessor to XA/370
  • IBM Extended Architecture/370 (XA/370), the predecessor to ESA/370
  • IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture/370 (ESA/370), the predecessor to IBM System/390
  • IBM System/390, the predecessor to IBM System z
  • IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform
  • Operating System/360 (OS/360), IBM's flagship operating system for S/360 and early S/370
  • OS/VS1, successor to OS/360 MFT
  • SVS, OS/VS2 Release 1, successor to OS/360 MVT and predecessor to MVS
  • MVS/370 is a generic term for all versions of the MVS operating system prior to MVS/XA
    • OS/VS2 Release 2 through 3.8
    • MVS/System Extension (MVS/SE)
    • MVS/System Product (MVS/SP) Version 1
  • MVS/XA, predecessor of MVS/ESA
  • MVS/ESA, predecessor of OS/390
  • OS/390, predecessor of z/OS
  • Suprercomputer platforms:

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