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Mid-1960s–late-1980s class of smaller computers
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, built significantly smaller and sold at
Minicomputer
Papy Minicomputer, named after Frédérique Papy-Lenger – the most influential figure to the project – and her husband Georges Papy. A Minicomputer is a
Comprehensive School Mathematics Program
Comprehensive_School_Mathematics_Program
Minicomputer product line
family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Launched in 1965, it was the first minicomputer to sell for under
PDP-8
1972–1998 American producer of minicomputers
Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. With the advent of PCs and the decline of the minicomputer industry, Prime was forced out
Prime_Computer
Data storage device
computers of the 1950s and 1960s, and later as a storage medium for minicomputers and CNC machine tools. During the Second World War, high-speed punched
Punched_tape
Computer museum in Washington, U.S.
could visit in person to interact with the collection of mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers and peripherals the museum had on display. Various and
Living Computers: Museum + Labs
Living_Computers:_Museum_+_Labs
Class of computer systems that fall in between mainframes and minicomputers
in science and research as well as for business - and referred to as minicomputers.[disputed – discuss] IBM favored the term "midrange computer" for their
Midrange_computer
PC12 by Artronix was a minicomputer built with 7400-series TTL technology and ferrite core memory. Computers were manufactured at the Artronix facility
PC12_minicomputer
Text-based strategy game
paper. The Minneapolis school district had recently purchased an HP 2100 minicomputer, and the schools the trio were teaching in, like the other schools in
The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)
The_Oregon_Trail_(1971_video_game)
Process of starting a computer
(S/370-XA) and later, and adding a new type of IPL for z/Architecture. Minicomputers, starting with the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-5 and PDP-8
Booting
Series of 16-bit minicomputers
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products
PDP-11
Name used for several lines of minicomputers
Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1990 for several lines of minicomputers. The name "PDP" intentionally avoids the use of the term "computer"
Programmed_Data_Processor
ranks some more obscure computer sizes. There are different sizes like minicomputers, microcomputers, mainframe computers and super computers. These are
List of computer size categories
List_of_computer_size_categories
Minicomputer sold from 1971 to 1985
The Mitra 15 is a minicomputer made by the French company CII under Plan Calcul, along with the Iris 50 and Iris 80 mainframe computers. It was marketed
Mitra_15
Minicomputer built by Honeywell
The Honeywell 316 was a popular 16-bit minicomputer built by Honeywell starting in 1969. It is part of the Series 16, which includes the Models 116 (1965
Honeywell_316
connected by a custom-designed local area network (LAN) to an Olivetti P6060 minicomputer. The terminals contained an Intel 8748 single-chip microcontroller, which
Electronic voting in the European Parliament
Electronic_voting_in_the_European_Parliament
Early video games on mainframe computers
composed of mainframe computers and the relatively smaller and cheaper minicomputer variant. During the mid to late 1960s, many early video games were programmed
Early_mainframe_games
Computer programming language
subroutines among other additions. COMAL was originally written for minicomputers, but was small enough to run on early microcomputers as well. It is
COMAL
American computer manufacturer (1957–1998)
product lines over its history. It is best known for the work in the minicomputer market starting in the early 1960s. The company produced a series of
Digital_Equipment_Corporation
Enable DEC minicomputers to run PC software
Equipment Corporation (DEC) minicomputers to run PC software (such as Lotus-123). Augmenting a DEC VAX or PDP-11 multi-user minicomputer with a Logicraft MS-DOS
Logicraft
East German clone of the VAX-11/780 computer
mit virtuellem Speicher, "computer system with virtual memory") is a minicomputer from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Its development began in August
Robotron_K_1840
1981 nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder
between two computer design groups within Data General Corporation, a minicomputer vendor in the 1970s. Most of the senior designers are assigned the "sexy"
The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
Business Basic variety
the business BASIC market, with similar products appearing on other minicomputer systems, and later, microcomputers like the Apple III. It remained a
Basic/Four
Small computer with a CPU made out of a microprocessor
and Intel 8088. The predecessors to these computers, mainframes and minicomputers, were comparatively much larger and more expensive. Many microcomputers
Microcomputer
1979 minicomputer operating system
was originally developed for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-11 minicomputers and was later ported to other platforms. Unix versions from Bell Labs
Version_7_Unix
Minicomputer manufacturer, 1968–1999
Data General Corporation was an early minicomputer firm formed in 1968. Three of the four founders were former employees of Digital Equipment Corporation
Data_General
software to link minicomputers together, and integrated multiple-access disk drives, thereby creating a multi-processor minicomputer with a level of protection
Geac_Computer_Corporation
Japanese information technology company
Electronic Industrial (合名会社ウノケ電子工業, Gōmei gaisha Unoke Denshi Kōgyō) was a minicomputer manufacturer founded in Unoke, Ishikawa on November 1, 1960. Uchida Yoko [ja]
PFU_Limited
Group of electrical connectors specifically aligned
printed circuit board, but wire-wrapped backplanes have also been used in minicomputers and high-reliability applications. A backplane is generally differentiated
Backplane
16-bit microprocessor
Introduced in June 1976, it implemented Texas Instruments's TI-990 minicomputer architecture in a single-chip format, and was initially used for low-end
TMS9900
The SM-1420 (CM-1420) is a 16 bit DEC PDP-11/45 minicomputer clone, and the successor to SM-4 in Soviet Bloc countries. Under the direction of Minpribor
SM-1420
Operating system for IBM minicomputers
Program (SSP) is the operating system of the IBM System/34 and System/36 minicomputers. SSP was released in 1977. SSP originally contained 60 or so commands
System_Support_Program
Minicomputer introduced in 1964
The PDP-7 is an 18-bit minicomputer produced by Digital Equipment Corporation as part of the PDP series. Introduced in 1964, shipped starting in 1965,
PDP-7
be called "personal" were early minicomputers such as the LINC and PDP-8, and later on VAX and larger minicomputers from Digital Equipment Corporation
History of computing hardware (1960s–present)
History_of_computing_hardware_(1960s–present)
Former American computer company
computer known as the MegaFrame, "the first system upgradable from super-minicomputer to mainframe". The division was headed by Ben Wegbreit and also responsible
Convergent_Technologies
Computer architecture bit width
16-bit word length thus became more common in the 1960s, especially on minicomputer systems. Early 16-bit computers (c. 1965–70) include the IBM 1130, the
16-bit_computing
Programmable machine that processes data
computer Reduced instruction set computer Supercomputer Mainframe computer Minicomputer (term no longer used), Midrange computer Server Rackmount server Blade
Computer
Series of educational computer games
project. Bill Heinemann used HP Time-Shared BASIC running on an HP 2100 minicomputer to write the original computer program. The original core gameplay concepts
The_Oregon_Trail_(series)
Topics referred to by the same term
Brazilian car produced 1992–1994 Superminicomputer, a 1970s term for a minicomputer Subcompact car This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Supermini_(disambiguation)
Computer
needed] The Mark-8 was introduced in Radio-Electronics as "Your Personal Minicomputer" as the word 'microcomputer' was still far from being commonly used for
Mark-8
Minicomputer made in 1960s
series is a series of minicomputers that was built by Control Data Corporation. The CDC 160 and CDC 160-A are 12-bit minicomputers built from 1960 to 1965;
CDC_160_series
British company
The control electronics for a Hilger and Watts Y290 four-circle X-ray diffractometer including a PDP-8 minicomputer.
Hilger_&_Watts
Video game for a personal computer
Wintel, which has dominated the computer industry since. Mainframe and minicomputer games are a precursor to personal computer games. Home computer games
PC_game
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
1990, Torvalds enrolled in a Unix course. The course used a MicroVAX minicomputer running Ultrix, and one of the required texts was Operating Systems:
Linux
Standard test image
each for the red, green, and blue channels) and a Hewlett Packard 2100 minicomputer. The Muirhead had a fixed resolution of 100 lines per inch and the engineers
Lenna
1970s era IBM minicomputer
The IBM Series/1 is a 16-bit minicomputer, introduced in 1976, that in many respects competed with other minicomputers of the time, such as the PDP-11
IBM_Series/1
computer company founded in 1965. Digico was best known for its 16-bit minicomputer series, the Micro 16. Later Digico started manufacturing a networked
Digico_(computer_company)
Computer architecture bit width
electronic computing, in experimental systems and then in large mainframe and minicomputer systems. The first hybrid 16/32-bit microprocessor, the Motorola 68000
32-bit_computing
First arithmetic logic unit (ALU) on a single chip
arithmetic/logic core in the CPUs of many historically significant minicomputers and other devices. The 74181 represents an evolutionary step between
74181
East German clone of the MicroVAX II computer
The K 1820, full name RVS K 1820 (Rechnersystem mit virtuellem Speicher, "computer system with virtual memory"), cipher in the SM EVM of the former COMECON
Robotron_K_1820
1970s/1980s US minicomputer vendor
Modcomp, Inc., originally Modular Computer Systems, was a small minicomputer vendor that specialized in real-time applications. They were founded in 1970
Modcomp
Family of programming languages
simultaneously on remote terminals. This general model became popular on minicomputer systems like the PDP-11 and Data General Nova in the late 1960s and early
BASIC
Historical computer form factor
A superminicomputer, colloquially supermini, is a high-end minicomputer. The term is used to distinguish the emerging 32-bit architecture midrange computers
Superminicomputer
1970s-80s computer terminal series
smart terminals became the main way to interact with mainframes and minicomputers in the 1980s. There were four series of machines, starting with the
DECwriter
MicroPDP-11/73) was the third generation of the PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation to use LSI processors. Introduced
PDP-11/73
Computer series from British company ICL
The ICL Series 39 was a range of mainframe and minicomputer computer systems released by the UK manufacturer ICL in 1985. The original Series 39 introduced
ICL_Series_39
GEC operating system introduced in 1977
GEC DOS, for its range of GEC 4000 series 16-bit, and later 32-bit, minicomputers. OS4000 was developed through to late 1990s, and has been in a support-only
OS4000
Norsk Data (ND) was a Norwegian manufacturer of minicomputers which operated between 1967 and 1992. The company was established as A/S Nordata – Norsk
History_of_Norsk_Data
High-end single-user computer
paper-tape and punch-card I/O. Early workstations were generally dedicated minicomputers, a multiuser system repurposed for a single user. For example, the PDP-8
Workstation
UNIX workstation series
1987 and was conceived as a desktop replacement for the VAX series of minicomputers. Sony's NEWS project leader, Toshitada Doi, originally wanted to develop
Sony_NEWS
1971 minicomputer from Wang Laboratories
The Wang 3300 was a minicomputer released by Wang Laboratories in 1971. Model with machine time sharing created between Wang 4000 and Wang 2200. Wang's
Wang_3300
1970s minicomputer family
The Honeywell System 700 is a family of discontinued 16-bit minicomputers from Honeywell, Inc.. The System 700 was introduced in 1972 and was intended
Honeywell_System_700
one without convening a meeting of the board of directors. The entire minicomputer industry sprang up to supply the demand for 'small' computers like the
Commodity_computing
American multinational company
data. The group sought to develop a GPIB interface for the PDP-11/04 minicomputer. In 1976, they founded a company in Truchard's garage. They initially
National_Instruments
Type of minicomputer
The AN/UYK-44 was the standard 16-bit minicomputer of the United States Navy developed in the early 1980s by Sperry Corporation and was completed in early
AN/UYK-44
Operating system
Computer for its minicomputer systems. It rapidly gained popularity and by the mid-1980s was a serious contender as a mainline minicomputer operating system
PRIMOS
Large and powerful computer
more processing power than some other classes of computers, such as minicomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-system
Mainframe_computer
Topics referred to by the same term
Tahoe (Victoria Island), lake on Victoria Island, Canada The Power 6/32 minicomputer by Computer Consoles Inc. TCP Tahoe, a variant of Transmission Control
Tahoe_(disambiguation)
Romania, producing a range of computer families spanning mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, home computers, and IBM PC-compatible systems—a breadth
ICE_Felix
General Corporation for the Nova, Eclipse, and Eclipse/MV families of minicomputers in the 1970s and early 1980s. Released in late 1977, the language was
DG/L
Defunct Norwegian computer manufacturer
Norsk Data was a minicomputer manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway. Existing from 1967 to 1998, it had its most active period from the early 1970s to the
Norsk_Data
at the terminal on Unix / Linux systems. Windows, MS-DOS, and older minicomputers used Control-Z for this purpose. 3 Control-G is an artifact of the days
List_of_Unicode_characters
Fourth-generation programming language
PowerHouse is a byte-compiled fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed Cognos Incorporated)
PowerHouse (programming language)
PowerHouse_(programming_language)
American computer animation company
expensive, refrigerator-sized minicomputers. By the late '80s, computer animation production had begun to switch from minicomputers to cheaper microcomputers
Cranston/Csuri_Productions
Unix operating system
The VAX-11/780, a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems
Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Programming language close to hardware
Front panel of a PDP-8/e minicomputer. The row of switches at the bottom can be used to toggle in machine code.
Low-level programming language
Low-level_programming_language
American computer company
made by Wang, including the VS, as "minicomputers," and Kenney's 1992 book refers to the VS line as "minicomputers" throughout. Although some argue that
Wang_Laboratories
afterwards - but its instruction-set ideas were carried over to binary minicomputers and personal computers in the form of the Dialogue System of Structured
Setun-70
American information technology company
Richardson. By August 1974, Centurion had designed and manufactured its first minicomputer, combined it with peripherals and software, and delivered it as the initial
Centurion Computer Corporation
Centurion_Computer_Corporation
12-bit computer from Digital
earlier 12-bit computer, named LINC has been described as the first minicomputer and also "the first modern personal computer." It had 2,048 12-bit words
PDP-5
East German manufacturer of computers and consumer electronics
000 people in 1989. Its products included personal computers, SM EVM minicomputers, the ESER mainframe computers, various computer peripherals as well
VEB_Robotron
Computer software used for astrology
astrology computers were made. One of which, the Digicomp DR-70 Astrology Minicomputer, was used by Nancy Reagan's astrologer Joan Quigley beginning in about
Astrology_software
1976 video game
commands onto punched tape, which were then fed into a Honeywell 316 minicomputer attached to a Calcomp drum plotter at BBN to print paper maps. These
Colossal_Cave_Adventure
create a negative for producing plates or connected to a mainframe or minicomputer for further image processing and digital storage. The Autokon 8400 enjoyed
Autokon
Mid-1960s 16-bit computer series by Hewlett Packard
The HP 2100 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers that were produced by Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the mid-1960s to early 1990s. Tens of thousands of machines
HP_2100
Varian Data Machines was a division of Varian Associates which sold minicomputers. It entered the market in 1967 through acquisition of Decision Control
Varian_Data_Machines
Portable computer released by IBM in 1975
viability of creating a single-user computer. SCAMP emulated an IBM 1130 minicomputer in order to run APL\1130. In 1973, APL was generally available only on
IBM_5100
Minicomputer company
Oceanport, New Jersey. The company produced a line of 16- and 32-bit minicomputers that were loosely based on the IBM 360 instruction set architecture
Interdata
Composition of text by means of arranging physical types or digital equivalents
Agfa) and others rapidly followed suit with machines of their own. Early minicomputer-based typesetting software introduced in the 1970s and early 1980s, such
Typesetting
Techniques to improve network performance
in 4.3BSD-Tahoe (which was made to support the CCI Power 6/32 "Tahoe" minicomputer), and was later made available to non-AT&T licensees as part of the 4
TCP_congestion_control
time when most minicomputers (such as the PDP-11 or Data General Eclipse or IBM Series/1) were 16-bit. These traditional minicomputers in the last few
Classes_of_computers
Digital computer from Cuba
Developer University of La Habana Manufacturer ICID Product family CID Type Minicomputer Generation Third-generation computer Released 1970; 56 years ago (1970)
CID-201
Order of bytes in a computer word
big-endian addressing for byte-oriented instructions. The IBM Series/1 minicomputer uses big-endian byte order. The Motorola 6800 / 6801, the 6809 and the
Endianness
Family of instruction set architectures
(scale-index-base byte) that allows registers to be treated uniformly (minicomputer-like). However, using the sib byte universally is non-optimal, as it
X86
Minicomputer models
The Honeywell Level 6 was a line of 16-bit minicomputers, later upgraded to 32-bit, manufactured by Honeywell, Inc. from the mid 1970s. Honeywell literature
Honeywell_Level_6
Experimental minicomputer by IBM
processor for a telephone switch, it was later used as the basis for a minicomputer and a number of products for their mainframe line. The initial design
IBM_801
Topics referred to by the same term
see List of Brigham Young University buildings#Helaman Halls HLH Orion minicomputer, by High Level Hardware Ltd Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890–1946), an American
HLH
Early packet switching network (1969–1990)
network administration. After the design session, Wesley Clark proposed minicomputers should be used as an interface to create a message switching network
ARPANET
Computer designed to be used at a fixed location
considered remarkably small; the type of computers most commonly used were minicomputers, which, despite the name, were rather large and were "mini" only compared
Desktop_computer
Early laptop computer
specialized applications. Grid at first intended customers to purchase an IBM minicomputer as the "Grid Central" remote host, from which Grid Compass would download
Grid_Compass
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Girl/Female
Indian
Belongs Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
English
lime tree; linden tree; beautiful.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sindhunath | ஸிநà¯à®¤à¯à®¨à®¾à®¤
Lord of the ocean
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Seventh Islamic Month
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Immortal
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
Slope of a Mountain; Belt; Girdle
Girl/Female
Muslim
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock).English : topographic name for someone who lived by a lock or enclosure, from a derivative of Middle English loke (see Lock 2).English : variant of Luker.
Girl/Female
Sikh
Entertaining, Pleasing
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MINICOMPUTER
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