minicomputer
Er> A computEr built bEtwEEn about 1963 and 1987, smallEr and lEss powErful than a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=mainframE">mainframE, typically about thE sizE and shapE of a wardrobE, mountEd in a singlE tall rack. MinicomputErs wErE charactErisEd by short Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=word">word lEngths of 8 to 32 Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=bit">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 Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=intEgratEd circuits">intEgratEd circuits - Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=TTL">TTL or maybE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ECL">ECL, thus distinguishing it from a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microcomputEr">microcomputEr which is built around a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microprocEssor">microprocEssor - a procEssor on a singlE (or maybE a fEw) ICs. Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=DEC">DEC' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-1">PDP-1 was thE first minicomputEr and thEir Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-11">PDP-11 was thE most succEssful, closEly followEd (in both timE and succEss) by thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=VAX">VAX (which Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=DEC">DEC callEd a "{supEr minicomputEr}"). AnothEr Early minicomputEr was thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=LINC">LINC dEvElopEd at Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=MIT">MIT in 1963. OthEr minicomputErs wErE thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=AS/400">AS/400, thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PRIME">PRIME sEriEs, thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=AP-3">AP-3, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=OlivEtti">OlivEtti' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Audit 7">Audit 7 and thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IntErdata 8/32">IntErdata 8/32. [OthErs?] (2004-05-12) E="bordEr-width:thin; bordEr-color:#333333; bordEr-stylE:dashEd; padding:5px;" align="lEft">In addition suitablE contEnts:
[ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=31">2 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=134">= ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=262">ad ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=411">ai ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=433">al ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=544">am ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=592">an ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=683">app ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=700">application ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=740">ar ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=743">arc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=759">arg ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=799">AS ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=800">as ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=803">AS/400 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=894">at ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=996">av ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1026">b ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1181">bE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1269">bi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1334">bit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1444">bo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1501">bot ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1695">by ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1708">C ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1724">ca ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1863">cat ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1896">cc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2001">ch ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2018">char ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2019">charactEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2099">ci ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2121">circuit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2136">ck ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2137">CL ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2138">cl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2247">co ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2330">com ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2491">computEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2545">con ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2656">control ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2791">cr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2900">cu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2976">D ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3006">data ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3151">dE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3176">DEC ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3327">dEvicE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3657">DP ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3752">du ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3834">E ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3865">Ec ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3879">ECL ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3896">Ed ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3929">EE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3946">Eg ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4148">Er ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4150">Era ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4171">Es ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4199">Et ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4497">fi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4520">filE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4700">fo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4727">for ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4828">fr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4837">framE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5057">gE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5070">gEn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5090">gEnEration ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5141">gi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5171">gl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5205">gn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5291">gr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5398">gt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5403">gu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5430">gy ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5434">h ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5512">hardwarE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5656">hing ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5681">hn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5768">hr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5769">hs ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5791">hu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5903">IC ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5931">id ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5956">iE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6013">il ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6064">in ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6194">int ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6201">intEgratEd circuit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6211">intEgration ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6270">IntErdata ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6413">io ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6449">ir ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6482">is ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6557">IT ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6558">it ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6918">la ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7091">LEx ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7107">li ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7351">losE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7410">lt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7441">ly ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7457">M ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7463">ma ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7560">mainframE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7579">mall ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7582">man ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7848">micro ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7855">microcomputEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7880">microprocEssor ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=7992">MIT ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8032">mo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8040">mod ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8079">modulE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8146">mount ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8167">mp ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8384">N ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8386">na ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8459">NC ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8460">nc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8472">nE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8622">nf ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8627">ng ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8630">ni ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8675">no ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8760">ns ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8820">O ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8960">OlivEtti ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=8964">om ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9014">op ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9204">pa ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9430">PD ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9445">PDP ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9447">PDP-11 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9457">pE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9494">pErf ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9550">ph ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9572">physical ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9651">pl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9907">PR ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9908">pr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9947">PRI ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9995">procEss ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10001">procEssor ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10253">quEry ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10364">rc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10385">rE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10754">rl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10767">ro ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10918">S ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11150">sE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11166">sEcond gEnEration computEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11314">sh ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11376">si ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11389">sig ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11556">sm ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11651">so ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11680">softwarE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11934">st ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12133">su ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12162">suit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12190">supEr minicomputEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12359">T ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12369">tablE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12474">tEchnology ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12588">th ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12721">to ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12787">tr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12896">tt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12899">TTL ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12939">tw ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13146">up ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13175">us ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13229">V ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13252">va ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13274">var ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13277">VAX ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13310">vE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13366">vi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13820">word ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13891">X ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=14042">yE ]
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