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Definitions of minicomputer in various dictionaries:
noun - a digital computer of medium size
A small computer, usually fitting within a single cabinet, that has more memory and a higher execution speed than a microcomputer.
MINICOMPUTER - A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was developed in the mid-1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and m...
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Electronic development of the 1960's |
Small digital electronic device |
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Jul 12 2017 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
Apr 8 2002 New York Times |
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A mid-sized computer, usually fitting within a single cabinet about the size of a refrigerator, that has less memory than a mainframe. |
a computer of medium power, more than a microcomputer but less than a mainframe. |
a digital computer of medium size |
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A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was 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 US$25,000, with an input-output device such as a teleprinter and at least four thousand words of memory, that is capable of running programs in a higher level language, such as Fortran or BASIC. The class formed a distinct group with its own software architectures and operating systems. Minis were designed for control, instrumentation, human interaction, and communication switching as distinct from calculation and record keeping. Many were sold indirectly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for final end use application. During the two decade lifetime of the minicomputer class (1965–1985), almost 100 companies formed and only a half dozen remained.When single-chip CPU microprocessors appeared, beginning with the Intel 4004 in 1971, the term "minicomputer" came to mean a machine that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the smallest mainframe computers and the microcomputers. The term "minicomputer" is little used today; the contemporary term for this class of system is "midrange computer", such as the higher-end SPARC, Power Architecture and Itanium-based systems from Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. |