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More innovations were required because the customers also evolved. They got
personal computers in their homes, so they wanted to see travel possibilities
through the Internet. Some customers used their mobile computers as a wireless
access point (WAP).
11.3 Transaction systems for the mainframe
Transactions occur in everyday life, for example, when you exchange money for
goods and services or do a search on the Internet. A transaction is an exchange,
usually a request and response, that occurs as a routine event in running the
day-to-day operations of an organization.
Transactions have the f ...