minicomputer (redirected from Mini Computer)
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Related to Mini Computer: Mini PC
, Raspberry Pi
, mini laptop
, Micro computer
minicomputer a medium-scale COMPUTER with sizeable data storage facilities which is often accessible simultaneously from several terminals.
As MICROCOMPUTERS and minicomputers have become more powerful in terms of data-processing speed and data-storage capacity, the distinction between them and MAINFRAME computers has become blurred.