Look up: Minicomputer


  1. minicomputer
    (computer) A computer built between about 1963 and 1987, smaller and less powerful than a mainframe, typically about the size and shape of a wardrobe, mounted in a single tall rack. Minicomputers were characterised by short word lengths of 8 to 32 bits, limited hardware and software facilities and s...
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  2. MiniComputer
    1. Any multi-user computer employing one or more single chip CPU's, fixed microcode, memory management unit and multitasking operating system. 2. A computer larger then a MicroComputer but smaller than a Mainframe.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20091

  3. minicomputer
    [n] - a digital computer of medium size
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=minicomputer

  4. minicomputer
    noun a digital computer of medium size
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=minicomputer

  5. minicomputer
    (from the article `computer`) About 1965, roughly coterminous with the development of time-sharing, a new kind of computer came on the scene. Small and relatively inexpensive ... ...computers of higher operating speeds, capacity, and reliability at significantly lower cost. Another type of third-gen...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/96

  6. Minicomputer
    A low-cost computer with a limited processing capability which is used for the more routine functions in a system. The PDP-11's are minicomputers used extensively at Fermilab.
    Found op http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html

  7. Minicomputer
    Minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a term for class of smaller computers that evolved in the mid 1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors. In a 1970 survey, the New York Times suggested a consensus definition of a minicomputer as a mac...
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  8. Minicomputer
    A low-cost computer with a limited processing capability which is used for the more routine functions in a system. The PDP-11's are minicomputers used extensively at Fermilab.
    Found op http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html#A

  9. minicomputer
    Multi-user computer with a size and processing power between those of a mainframe and a microcomputer. Nowadays almost all minicomputers are based on microprocessors. Minicomputers are often used in medium-sized businesses and in university departments handling database or other commercial programs ...
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  10. minicomputer
    1) Digital computer 2) Electronic development of the 1960's
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/minicomputer/1

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