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minicomputer

[ min-ee-kuhm-pyoo-ter ]

noun

  1. a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.


minicomputer

/ ˌɪɪəˈːə /

noun

  1. a small comparatively cheap digital computer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of minicomputer1

First recorded in 1965–70; mini- + computer
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C. Gordon Bell, a technology visionary whose computer designs for Digital Equipment Corporation fueled the emergence of the minicomputer industry in the 1960s, died on Friday in Coronado, Calif. He was 89.

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Selling a minicomputer instead, the advertisement again focuses on the operator.

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The Living Computers: Museum + Labs, described on Vulcan’s website as “the world’s largest collection of fully restored supercomputers, mainframes, minicomputers and more,” opened in Sodo in 2012 and was expanded in 2016.

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Clark suggested installing a minicomputer at every site on this new network.

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The police were rocking these glasses, with a camera that plugged into a smartphone-like minicomputer.

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