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These days? Very little; in the old days a 'mini' was something that fit into 1 room; a mainframe typically occupied several rooms and a PC (micro) was a desktop...
Nowadays, my calculator is a micro if you want to use the truest sense of the word. Today's calculators are more powerful than the worlds first Mainframe computers.
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∙ 12y agoThe early micros were all slower than all the minis of their time, but now some micros are faster than most minis. This as with all benchmarking questions is difficult to get a simple clean answer to.
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∙ 11y agominicomputers have been obsolete since the late 1980s, they don't exist anymore.
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Are personal computers micro computers or mini computers?
The phrase "personal computer" can be any computer that is intended for personal use literally at least. A PC can be classified as a micro, mini, or another form of computer specification.
Three types of computer?
Mainframes, Mini-computers and Micro-computers.
What is the difference between a mini computer and main frame computer?
a main frame computer is a large-scale computers but a super computer are larger than mainframe while a mini computer is smaller in size, have lower processing speed and also have lower cost than mainframe computers.
What are the difference of mainframe computers from the other mini computer?
Size.
Where is micro computers used?
There are mainframe computers, mini computers and micro computers. Mainframes are large scale computers, (search IBM System/360) mini computer are smaller, a lot smaller than mainframes (search IBM AS/300) and minis are what's on your desktop like a DELL, HP, Sony, etc.
Difference between super and mini computer?
The difference between a super computer and a mini computer is in their computing power. A super computer has infinitely more computing power than a mini computer.
What is the difference between a micro sound system and a mini sound system?
There is no difference. The manufacturer decides how he wants to call his equipment.
What word means the same as laptop?
Computer, Mini computer, Micro computer, or Personal computer
Difference Table between micro computers and mini computers and main frame and super computers?
micro computers can occupy physically a small amount of space compared to main frame and mini computer, as we all know for today that super computers are the most fastest high performance system and also has a largest memory.
Are personal computers micro computers or mini computers?
The phrase "personal computer" can be any computer that is intended for personal use literally at least. A PC can be classified as a micro, mini, or another form of computer specification.
What is the explanation for the following type of Digital computer?
micro computer mini computer mainframe computer super computer
What is microdevice?
Micro device is a small device. Micro is similar as mini or small. The example of micro device is the computer capacitor and resistor.
Three types of computer?
Mainframes, Mini-computers and Micro-computers.
What is the difference between a mini computer and main frame computer?
a main frame computer is a large-scale computers but a super computer are larger than mainframe while a mini computer is smaller in size, have lower processing speed and also have lower cost than mainframe computers.
No that's micro not mini.?
No that's micro not mini.
What is the prefix meaning for small?
micro, i.e. micro-scopic, micro-organism, micro-dot, etc.
What the different between the micro Mario and the mini Mario?
They are the same thing.
