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Minicomputer
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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... Found op http://foldoc.org/minicomputer
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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
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minicomputer
[n] - a digital computer of medium size Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=minicomputer
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minicomputer
noun a digital computer of medium size Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=minicomputer
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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
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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
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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... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer
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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
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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 ... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008891.html
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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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