minicomputer
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Using a PDP-1 minicomputer and a 1024 x 1024 pixel CRT display, Russell and his colleagues programmed a game in which two spacecraft duke it out in the gravitational well of a star.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2022
A minicomputer, which ranges in price from several hundred dollars up, enables an outlying plant or branch office to get immediate information from the headquarters' computer on price, inventory or shipping.
From US News ● Aug. 12, 2016
At different times, the minicomputer, the personal computer and the Internet were seen as threats to its survival.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2015
Digital Equipment Corp., a once-dominant, now-defunct minicomputer firm, seeded high-tech startups with executives in the Boston area.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2015
While I waited for my turn, I saw several people pulled out of line when the scanner found a subcutaneous minicomputer or a voice-controlled phone installed as a tooth replacement.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
