Minicomputers (sometimes called the "mini") are defined primarily in terms of price and size. Minicomputers generally have a word size of 8–18 bits (register size); a memory size of 32,000–64,000 16-bit words, or...

Minicomputers were first developed and manufactured in the 1960s; they were smaller than the then-standard mainframe computer and were usually intended for a special purpose. The minicomputer was defined as having a 16-bit or larger processor and one...

Minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a largely obsolete term for a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user...

THE biggest single part of the computer business is changing. This is the often-neglected minicomputer, which sits uneasily between the anarchic glamour of personal computers and the staid world of mainframes. Digital Equipment, Hewlett, Packard, Data General, Wang and Prime all make their living...

It's often said that the mainframe was displaced by the mini-computer, which was in turn displaced by the personal computer. This precedent is used today to support predictions by makers of information appliances (IAs) that these devices will take over much of the existing...

Michael Ruettgers' office credenza was stacked high with checks to pay off bills his company, EMC EMC, owed. But the new executive wasn't rushing to the post office. It was the late 1980s, and his computer storage company was running low on borrowed money."Periodically, my...

When maintenance workers finish a job at an Indianapolis university, they don't return to the office to fill out paperwork and pick up their next assignment. They grab their cell phones.By punching a few buttons, they submit forms, calculate the time spent on the project...