History of Mainframe Operating System
The existence of the mainframe operating system came in the 1940s. IBM was the major supplier of mainframe hardware and software in the 1950s when very few companies afford it. A major innovation came after the introduction of IBM System/360. The existing mainframe operating system was improved by IBM in the 1980s by introducing new features. In the 2000s IBM introduced IBM z/OS and IBM z/VSE.
What is Mainframe Operating System?
Operating System is a fully integrated set of specialized programs that handle all the operations of the computer. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system. Examples of Operating Systems are Windows, Linux, Mac OS, etc. Let’s understand the Mainframe Operating System in this article.