Marine Otter. Taxonomy/Description The marine otter's scientific name is Lontra felina. The generic name, lontra, means otter. The specific name, felina, means cat-like, referring to the South American nickname for the animal, sea cat.The marine otter is a member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, in the Mammalian Order of Carnivora.he specific name, felina, means cat-like, referring to the South American nickname for the animal, sea cat. The marine otter is a member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, in the Mammalian Order of Carnivora.
A mainframe is the central data repository, or hub, in a corporation's data processing center, linked to users through less powerful devices such as workstations or terminals. The presence of a mainframe often implies a centralized form of computing, as opposed to a distributed form of computing.
Mainframe computers perform complex and critical computing in large corporations and governments across the world. Mainframe machines are fast, smart, and capable of the advanced computing necessary to our generation of corporate IT infrastructure and business goals.igh-level computing: One of the main characteristics of mainframe computers is their ability to process data and run applications at high speeds. Business computing requires high-speed input/output (I/O), more than raw computing speed. Mainframes effectively deliver it.