Infrastruktura = material'no-tekhnicheskaya baza?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Steve Marder wrote:

> I feel that “infrastructure” is part of MTB, but not synonymous with
> it.

I'd be interested to know what types of things fall within МТБ but 
outside "infrastructure."

> As far as ЭВМ is concerned, I perceive a major difference between it 
> and компьютер. In my perception, ЭВМ encapsulates the concept of 
> “mainframe.”

That could be due to two different factors -- one is that "ЭВМ" is a 
relatively older (some might say obsolescent) term from Soviet days, 
whereas "компьютер" has more of a trendy modern flavor; and the other is 
that 20 years ago mainframes were prevalent and PCs were just getting 
started, whereas nowadays PCs are ubiquitous and mainframes are limited 
to heavy-duty business and industrial applications. So given these two 
realia, it's only natural that the older "ЭВМ" would be associated with 
the older mainframe technology and the newer "компьютер" would be 
associated with the newer PC technology.

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Paul B. Gallagher
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