minicomputer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of minicomputer
Example Sentences
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But despite being somewhat cheaper, minicomputers remained out of reach for average users.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
From the early 1970s through the 1980s, companies like IBM , Digital Equipment Corp. and Apple used mainframes, minicomputers and eventually PCs to make companies—and the first technologically adept superstar workers—more productive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2018
As the 1970s began, he saw possibilities in minicomputers, inventing hybrid digital-analog electronic instruments, beginning with his 200 series Electronic Music Box.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016
Blame powerful minicomputers and inexpensive sensors for the annoying drone your neighbor got for his birthday, not shadowy military skunkworks.
From Slate • May 10, 2016
Usenet software has also been ported to a number of platforms, from the Amiga and IBM PCs all the way to minicomputers and mainframes.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Kehoe, Brendan P.
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