minicomputer

基本解釋

At one time, all aspects of an application ran on a single mainframe or minicomputer.
過去，一個應(yīng)用程序的所有方面在單一大型機(jī)或者小型機(jī)上運(yùn)行。
When I asked Woz about computers he admired, the first one he mentioned was Data General’s 1969 Nova, an early single-board minicomputer.
我問Woz哪臺是他最欣賞的計算機(jī)時，他首先提到的是通用數(shù)據(jù)1969年的Nova，一個早期的單板微型計算機(jī)。
Hewlett-Packard's retirement of its MPE and OpenVMS lines, for example, presents a serious challenge to customers who have depended on these minicomputer brands during the last decades.
例如，Hewlett-Packard 的 MPE 和 OpenVMS 產(chǎn)品線的退休向客戶發(fā)出了一個嚴(yán)峻的挑戰(zhàn)，因為在過去的幾十年中，他們一直依賴這些小型計算機(jī)品牌。

Cynics are advised to recall what Kenneth Olsen, founder of minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp.
FORBES: Magazine Article
The minicomputer people barely saw Sun, Dell, Microsoft et al. coming, and when they did they didn't believe it.
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And minicomputer vendors like Digital in turn dismissed the personal computer revolution spearheaded by Dell, Compaq and Hewlett Packard.
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