Midrange computer

[2][disputed – discuss] IBM favored the term "midrange computer" for their comparable, but more business-oriented systems.

The latest midrange systems are primarily mid-class multi-user local network servers[7] that can handle the large-scale processing of many business applications.

They can also take the form of powerful technical workstations for computer-aided design (CAD) and other computation and graphics-intensive applications.

Midrange system are also used as front-end servers to assist mainframe computers in telecommunications processing and network management.

During the 1990s and 2000s, in some non-critical cases both lines were replaced by web servers, oriented for working with global networks, but with less security background,[9] and mainly using General purpose architectures (currently x86 or ARM).

IBM System/3, a midrange computer introduced in 1969
The S/38 (without case), the S/36, and the S/34 systems