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sysplex

sysplex noun: a group of connected IBM mainframe systems that share resources.

Noun

sysplex (plural sysplexes)

  1. A 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

Forms of sysplex

pluralsysplexes

Origin of sysplex

Blend of system + complex.

Questions about sysplex

What does sysplex mean?
Sysplex means a group of connected IBM mainframe systems that share resources.
What part of speech is sysplex?
Sysplex is a noun.
What is the plural of sysplex?
The plural of sysplex is sysplexes.

Words near sysplex in the dictionary

  1. sysops
  2. sysphobe
  3. sysphobes
  4. sysphobia
  5. sysphobic
  6. sysplex
  7. sysplexes
  8. sysprog
  9. sysprogs
  10. sysroot
  11. sysroots

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