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minicomputer
thumb|Six different minicomputers (out of many more models) produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with the year of introduction in brackets: First row: [[PDP-1 (1959), PDP-7 (1964), PDP-8 (1965); second row: PDP-8/E (1970), PDP-11/70 (1975), PDP-15 (1970).]]
Research
1,678 papers- Minicomputer systems in clinical laboratories.Clinical and laboratory haematology · 1979
- Minicomputer updates food prices weekly.Hospitals · 1980
- [Brain-jogging].Fortschritte der Medizin · 1983
- [Clinical physiology].Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology · 1988
- A minicomputer-based perinatal/neonatal telecommunications network.Pediatrics · 1983
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Definition
- 1960s and 1970s success
- Mid-1980s and 1990s decline
- Industrial impact and heritage
- Examples
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
thumb|Six different minicomputers (out of many more models) produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with the year of introduction in brackets: First row: [[PDP-1 (1959), PDP-7 (1964), PDP-8 (1965); second row: PDP-8/E (1970), PDP-11/70 (1975), PDP-15 (1970).]]
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, built significantly smaller and sold at a much lower price than mainframe computers. Minicomputers are small relative to earlier and bigger machines.