sysplex

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noun

A group of connected IBM mainframe systems that share resources.

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Meanings

nounsysplex (plural sysplexes)

plural sysplexes

  1. computingA group of connected IBM mainframe systems that share resources.

    When an enclave spans a system boundary in a sysplex, it is called a multisystem enclave.

    2010, Mike Ebbers, Dino Tonelli, Jason Arnold, Co-locating Transactional and Data Warehouse Workloads on System z, page 245

Origin

Blend of system + complex.

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APA

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Chicago

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