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?] (2004-05-12) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS:
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