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Mini vs Microcomputer - What's the difference?

mini | microcomputer |

As nouns the difference between mini and microcomputer

is that mini is water while microcomputer is (computer hardware) a computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.

mini

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Miniature, tiny, small.
  • Derived terms

    :See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A miniskirt.
  • * 2010 , Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood
  • All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire.
  • (dated) A minicomputer.
  • (head)
  • (rare)
  • Anagrams

    * * ----

    microcomputer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
  • * 1956 , Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , v 11, July 7, New York: Fantasy House, p 9:
  • In recent years, it had become the hallmark of the scientist, much as the stethoscope was that of the physician and the microcomputer that of the statistician.
  • * 1985 , Micro Communications
  • The operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another.

    Synonyms

    * PC * personal computer