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Information Science > Computing Methodologies > Computer Systems > Computers > Minicomputers

Preferred term

Minicomputers  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • do not confuse with MICROCOMPUTERS; personal computers: index under MICROCOMPUTERS

Scope note

  • Small computers that lack the speed, memory capacity, and instructional capability of the full-size computer but usually retain its programmable flexibility. They are larger, faster, and more flexible, powerful, and expensive than microcomputers.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under COMPUTERS 1980-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008905

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