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by RickJWagner 1237 days ago
"Transaction processing" means CICS. It's a mainframe transaction processor, ensures integrity in banking, airlines, etc.
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Or IMS (the other, older mainframe transaction and database system), but yes I immediately had the same thought about the "software" category. A bet a substantial amount of that is software that integrates with the mainframe in some way.