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  minicomputer
       
           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
          small physical size.  Their low cost made them suitable for a
          wide variety of applications such as industrial control, where
          a small, dedicated computer which is permanently assigned to
          one application, is needed. In recent years, improvements in
          device technology have resulted in minicomputers which are
          comparable in performance to large second generation
          computers and greatly exceed the performance of first
          generation computers.
       
          The processor was typically built using low integration logic
          integrated circuits - TTL or maybe ECL, thus
          distinguishing it from a microcomputer which is built around
          a microprocessor - a processor on a single (or maybe a few)
          ICs.
       
          DEC's PDP-1 was the first minicomputer and their PDP-11
          was the most successful, closely followed (in both time and
          success) by the VAX (which DEC called a "{super
          minicomputer").
       
          Another early minicomputer was the LINC developed at MIT in
          1963.
       
          Other minicomputers were the AS/400, the PRIME series, the
          AP-3, Olivetti's Audit 7 and the Interdata 8/32.
       
          [Others?]
       
       

  minicomputer \minicomputer\ n. (Computers)
     a mid-sized digital computer; at any given point in the
     development of computer technology, a minicomputer will be
     faster and have greater capacity than a microcomputer, but
     will be slower and have less capacity than a mainframe
     computer.
     [WordNet 1.5]

  minicomputer
       n : a digital computer of medium size

  minicomputer
     n.
     (lb en computer hardware) A computer smaller than a mainframe, but
  larger than a microcomputer.
     Romanian n.
     (l en minicomputer)

  minicomputer
     n.
     (lb en computer hardware) A computer smaller than a mainframe, but
  larger than a microcomputer.

  minicomputer
     n.
     (lb en computer hardware) A computer smaller than a mainframe, but
  larger than a microcomputer.
     Romanian n.
     (l en minicomputer)

  minicomputer
     n.
     (lb en computer hardware) A computer smaller than a mainframe, but
  larger than a microcomputer.

  Minicomputer /mˈiːniːkˌɔmpuːtɜ/ 
  minicomputer 

  Minicomputer /mˈiːniːkˌɔmpuːtɜ/ 
  personal digital assistant PDA,  /pˌeːdˌeːˈɑː/

  Minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/
  الحاسبة المتوسّطة

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/
  minikalkulačka

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/ 
  minipočítač

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/
  Kleinstcomputer 

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/
  Minicomputer 

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/ 
  1. छोटा संगणक
        "Minicomputer is the latest trend."

  minicomputer /mˈɪnɪkəmpjˌuːtə/
  miniračunalo, računalo srednjih mogućnosti

  minicomputer /mˈinikˌɔmpytər/ 
  minicomputadora
  1. type computer uit de jaren 60 en 70 van de twintigste eeuw

  
/ˈmiːnikɔmputɐ̯/

  
/ˌmɪnikəmˈpjutɝ/

  n.微型计算机

     小型计算机