and upgrade the "mainframe" to "super-computer" and the super-computer to ultra-computer.
The PCs of today are more powerful than any of the mainframes of the past, and the mainframes of today are more powerful than the "super"-computers of the past.
The mainframes of today are still a lot more powerful than any PCs of today, and therefore, I think the designation should stay. Though the different levels of computers can grow in relative power, the relative designations should remain.
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