1) American invention 2) Digital computer
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A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that developed 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 machine costing less than 25,000 USD, with an input-outp...
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(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-generation computer that ... Until the...
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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.
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n] - a digital computer of medium size
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noun a digital computer of medium size
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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 and running scientific or graphical applic...
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Archaic. A multi-user computer capable of supporting 4 - 16 simultaneous users.
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