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	'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977		'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977
	\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>		\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>
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	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
	a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->		a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]].<!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977		'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977
	\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>		\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>

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	Each pair included a Telecommunications Monitor and a Database system.<ref name=DDP.Part1/> The layering involved a message, containing information to form a transaction, which was then processed by an application program.<ref name=DDP.Part2/> Development tools such as program validation services were released by IBM to facilitate expansion.<ref>{{cite magazine \|title= The 3790: A Glimpse Into IBM's Future Plans? \|author= Ronald A. Frank \|magazine= Computerworld \|date= July 16, 1975 \|page= 15 \|volume=9\|issue=29 \|publisher=IDG Enterprise \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4W_8uJni4f0 \|issn=0010-4841}}</ref>		Each pair included a Telecommunications Monitor and a Database system.<ref name=DDP.Part1/> The layering involved a message, containing information to form a transaction, which was then processed by an application program.<ref name=DDP.Part2/> Development tools such as program validation services were released by IBM to facilitate expansion.<ref>{{cite magazine \|title= The 3790: A Glimpse Into IBM's Future Plans? \|author= Ronald A. Frank \|magazine= Computerworld \|date= July 16, 1975 \|page= 15 \|volume=9\|issue=29 \|publisher=IDG Enterprise \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4W_8uJni4f0 \|issn=0010-4841}}</ref>

	Use of "a number of small computers linked to a central computer"<ref name="NorTel.NYT" /> permitted local<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/23/business/ibm-displays-new-processor.html?pagewanted=print \|title=I.B.M. Displays New Processor \|date=June 23, 1983}}</ref> and central processing, each optimized at what it could best do. Terminals,<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/11/business/motorola-to-acquire-computer-maker.html \|title=Motorola to acquire computer maker \|date=December 11, 1981}}</ref> including those described as ''intelligent'', typically were attached locally,<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/21/archives/mr-fixit-of-northern-telecom.html \|title=Mr. Fixit of Northern Telecom \|author=Jay Bryan \|date=October 21, 1979}}</ref> to a "satellite processor."<ref>{{cite ~~work~~ \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/04/archives/to-clone-a-computer-neophyte-national-semiconductor-has-jolted-the.html \|title=To Clone a Computer \|author=Peter J. Schuyten \|date=February 4, 1979}}</ref> Central systems, sometimes multi-processors, grew to handle the load.<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/business/honeywell-s-new-computer.html \|title=Honeywell's New Computer \|date=October 15, 1982}}</ref> Some of this extra capacity, of necessity, is used to enhance data security.<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/27/archives/technology-computers-and-criminals.html \|title=Technology \|author=Peter J. Schuyten \|date=September 27, 1979}}</ref> Years before [[Open system (computing)\|open systems]] made its presence felt, the goal of some hardware suppliers was "to replace the big, central mainframe computer with an array of smaller computers that are tied together."<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]]		Use of "a number of small computers linked to a central computer"<ref name="NorTel.NYT" /> permitted local<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/23/business/ibm-displays-new-processor.html?pagewanted=print \|title=I.B.M. Displays New Processor \|date=June 23, 1983}}</ref> and central processing, each optimized at what it could best do. Terminals,<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/11/business/motorola-to-acquire-computer-maker.html \|title=Motorola to acquire computer maker \|date=December 11, 1981}}</ref> including those described as ''intelligent'', typically were attached locally,<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/21/archives/mr-fixit-of-northern-telecom.html \|title=Mr. Fixit of Northern Telecom \|author=Jay Bryan \|date=October 21, 1979}}</ref> to a "satellite processor."<ref>{{cite book \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/04/archives/to-clone-a-computer-neophyte-national-semiconductor-has-jolted-the.html \|title=To Clone a Computer \|author=Peter J. Schuyten \|date=February 4, 1979}}</ref> Central systems, sometimes multi-processors, grew to handle the load.<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/business/honeywell-s-new-computer.html \|title=Honeywell's New Computer \|date=October 15, 1982}}</ref> Some of this extra capacity, of necessity, is used to enhance data security.<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/27/archives/technology-computers-and-criminals.html \|title=Technology \|author=Peter J. Schuyten \|date=September 27, 1979}}</ref> Years before [[Open system (computing)\|open systems]] made its presence felt, the goal of some hardware suppliers was "to replace the big, central mainframe computer with an array of smaller computers that are tied together."<ref>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]]
	\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/19/business/challenge-for-honeywell-bull.html \|title=Challenge for Honeywell Bull \|author=Steven Greenhouse \|date=May 19, 1987}}</ref>		\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/19/business/challenge-for-honeywell-bull.html \|title=Challenge for Honeywell Bull \|author=Steven Greenhouse \|date=May 19, 1987}}</ref>

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	==Lower case distributed data processing==		==Lower case distributed data processing==
	[[Apache Hadoop\|Hadoop]]<ref>{{cite web \|date=July 14, 2010 \|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hadoop-3/index.html \|title=Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 3}}</ref> adds another term to the mix: [[Filesystem in Userspace\|File System]]. Tools added for this use of distributed data processing include [[Data-centric programming language\|new programming languages]].		[[Apache Hadoop\|Hadoop]]<ref>{{cite web \|date=July 14, 2010 \|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hadoop-3/index.html \|title=Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 3\|website=[[IBM]] }}</ref> adds another term to the mix: [[Filesystem in Userspace\|File System]]. Tools added for this use of distributed data processing include [[Data-centric programming language\|new programming languages]].

	==TSI/DPF Flexicom==		==TSI/DPF Flexicom==

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	==TSI/DPF Flexicom==		==TSI/DPF Flexicom==
	In 1976<ref>{{cite ~~newspaper~~ \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]		In 1976<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
	\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/17/archives/ibm-starting-series-1-system-to-enter-minicomputer-market.html		\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/17/archives/ibm-starting-series-1-system-to-enter-minicomputer-market.html
	\|title=I.B.M. Starting Series 1 System To Enter Minicomputer Market		\|title=I.B.M. Starting Series 1 System To Enter Minicomputer Market
	\|quote=DPF Inc. introduced a new data communications system called Flexicom		\|quote=DPF Inc. introduced a new data communications system called Flexicom
	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite ~~newspaper~~ \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
	a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->		a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->
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	\|quote=DPF Inc. introduced a new data communications system called Flexicom		\|quote=DPF Inc. introduced a new data communications system called Flexicom
	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
	a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->		a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->

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	\|title=I.B.M. Starting Series 1 System To Enter Minicomputer Market		\|title=I.B.M. Starting Series 1 System To Enter Minicomputer Market
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	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load ~~the~~ some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
	a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]].		a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->

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	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load the some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load the some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of a [[IBM System ~~360~~/Model 30\|360/30]].		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
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	==Lower case distributed data processing==		==Lower case distributed data processing==
	[[Apache Hadoop\|Hadoop]]<ref>{{cite web \|date=July 14, 2010 \|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hadoop-3/index.html \|title=Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 3}}</ref> adds another term to the mix: [[Filesystem in Userspace\|File System]]. Tools added for this use of distributed data processing include [[Data-centric programming language\|new programming languages]].		[[Apache Hadoop\|Hadoop]]<ref>{{cite web \|date=July 14, 2010 \|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hadoop-3/index.html \|title=Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 3}}</ref> adds another term to the mix: [[Filesystem in Userspace\|File System]]. Tools added for this use of distributed data processing include [[Data-centric programming language\|new programming languages]].

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			In 1976<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
			\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/17/archives/ibm-starting-series-1-system-to-enter-minicomputer-market.html
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			\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[front-end]] to off-load the some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite newspaper \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]
			\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of a [[IBM System 360/Model 30\|360/30]].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977		'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977
	\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>		\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>
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	\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend		\|author=William D. Smith \|date=November 17, 1976}}</ref> ''Turnkey Systems Inc'' (TSI)/DPF Inc. introduced a hardware/software telecommunications [[Front-end (computing)\|front-end]] to off-load some processing that handled ''distributed data processing''. Named '''Flexicom''',<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|title=A Flexicom Friend
	\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of		\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dr-solomon-succumbs-to-takeover-virus-1.163138}}</ref> The CPU was IBM-manufactured, and it ran (mainframe) DOS Rel. 26, with ''Flexicom''<nowiki />'s additions. Of four models available, the smallest had the CPU of
	a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]]. <!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->		a [[IBM System/360 Model 30\|360/30]].<!--- omit: hardware maintenance was by Sorbus Inc. -source=WP:OR - a Flexicom seminar -->

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	'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977		'''Distributed data processing'''<ref name=NorTel.NYT>{{cite news \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/21/business/northern-telecom-s-setback.html \|title=Northern Telecom's Setback \|date=January 21, 1981}}</ref> (DDP)<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Data Communications \|date=October 1977
	\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>		\|author=Ernest E. Keet \|title=Distributed data processing: the key is software}}</ref> was the term that IBM used for the [[IBM 3790]] (1975) and its successor, the [[IBM 8100]] (1979). ''[[Datamation]]'' described the 3790 in March 1979 as "less than successful."<ref name=DM0379>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Datamation \|date=March 1979 \|last= Woods \|first=Larry \|title= IBM's 8100: First Impressions}}</ref><ref>"(which can simulate 3790 functions through the [[DPCX]] operating system)"</ref>