| 单词 | minicomputer |
| 例句 | 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. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As the 1970s began, he saw possibilities in minicomputers, inventing hybrid digital-analog electronic instruments, beginning with his 200 series Electronic Music Box. Don Buchla, Inventor, Composer and Electronic Music Maverick, Dies at 79 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The Living Computers: Museum + Labs, described on Vulcan’s website as “the world’s largest collection of fully restored supercomputers, mainframes, minicomputers and more,” opened in Sodo in 2012 and was expanded in 2016. Vulcan to close its Arts + Entertainment division, which includes Cinerama and Seattle Art Fair 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Only gradually over the 1970s did computing technology become more widely available, largely thanks to mass-produced general-purpose computers, sometimes called minicomputers, designed by IBM and the Digital Equipment Company. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Selling a minicomputer instead, the advertisement again focuses on the operator. Britain’s sexist campaign to sell computers 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The minicomputer was modest and inexpensive compared with the room-sized mainframes installed in universities across the United States. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The police were rocking these glasses, with a camera that plugged into a smartphone-like minicomputer. Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z From the early 1970s through the 1980s, companies like IBM , Digital Equipment Corp. and Apple used mainframes, minicomputers and eventually PCs to make companies—and the first technologically adept superstar workers—more productive. Where You Should Move to Make the Most Money: America’s Superstar Cities 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But despite being somewhat cheaper, minicomputers remained out of reach for average users. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The camera is then connected by wire to a minicomputer that looks and works a bit like an oversize smartphone. Looking Through the Eyes of China’s Surveillance State 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Clark suggested installing a minicomputer at every site on this new network. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z They range from number-crunching supercomputers, mainframes used to run entire banking and business systems and so-called minicomputers the size of a desk. New Kensington museum preserves computing relics 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Keith Swanson, a vice president with Measurex Corporation, a maker of factory computer systems, claims that two minicomputers can look at 400 variables and decide on 50 control moves in the space of five seconds. Beyond 1976: Another Revolution in Use of Computers 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z In the early 1980s, the Route 128 corridor outside Boston, birthplace of the minicomputer industry and long-gone tech giants like the Digital Equipment Corporation, was seen as the Silicon Valley of the East. To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete Pacts 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The minicomputer failed to register a match before he moved. Looking Through the Eyes of China’s Surveillance State 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z All the minicomputers would run in the same way - and if you wrote a networking program for one of them, it would work on them all. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But IBM is one of the few big tech companies from the mainframe and minicomputer era to adjust — if painfully — to personal computers and the early days of the Internet. Daily Report: IBM Caught Between the Old and the New 1461-05-13T05:00:00Z 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. Beyond 1976: Another Revolution in Use of Computers 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z At different times, the minicomputer, the personal computer and the Internet were seen as threats to its survival. IBM’s Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z So one day doctors may be able to implant what are essentially dissolvable minicomputers—an idea that might have even been outside Charles Dotter’s radical imagination. New Medical Devices Vanish Inside You 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The new minicomputers would be optimised to reliably handle the networking without breaking down. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It would not be a minicomputer with a screen, like Apple’s. Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age? 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z In a paper mill, separate minicomputers can control the digesting and cooking of wood chips, the bleaching operation, the paper machine and the power plant. Beyond 1976: Another Revolution in Use of Computers 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z What has happened in the past to renting access to computers is that it lost its competitive edge when minicomputers came along. Cloud Wars: Can Microsoft Overtake Amazon? 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z They’re essentially minicomputers, precisely programmed for each patient, to boost sounds and adjust tones where they need it most, much like the way stereo equalizers adjust various frequencies to produce the best sound, says Smaka. How to choose the right hearing aid for your specific needs 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z I’d like to move my minicomputer database over to client server….’ OracleVoice: Larry Ellison Keeps 30-Year Promise Alive With Touch Of A Button 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z By targeting very precisely the region where seizures and tremors originate, for example, these minicomputers – sometimes in conjunction with drugs, sometimes on their own – can eliminate debilitating symptoms at their source. Biotechnology to the Rescue 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z This trend is called "distributed processing," and it involves setting up a network of minicomputers instead of relying solely on the output of a large centralized computer. Beyond 1976: Another Revolution in Use of Computers 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Did DEC’s eventual failure mean that the theory of disruption was wrong, or did the subsequent disruption of the minicomputer by the personal computer actually confirm, not invalidate, the underlying theory? What Jill Lepore Gets Wrong About Clayton Christensen and Disruptive Innovation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “The term ‘cellphone’ is itself misleading shorthand; many of these devices are in fact minicomputers that also happen to have the capacity to be used as a telephone,” he wrote. Supreme Court Shields Cellphones From Warrantless Searches 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “The term ‘cell phone’ is itself misleading shorthand; many of these devices are in fact minicomputers that also happen to have the capacity to be used as a telephone,” Roberts wrote. Supreme Court says police must get warrants for most cellphone searches They were making minicomputers and they were disrupting computers that made mainframe computers, and then at the very same time this Digital Equipment Corporation was being disrupted from underneath by personal computers. Clayton Christensen Responds to New Yorker Takedown of 'Disruptive Innovation' 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z In addition to answering the need for more computer power away from central offices, manufacturers are now selling lower-cost minicomputers to small companies that never before used sophisticated data-processing equipment. Beyond 1976: Another Revolution in Use of Computers 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z IBM survived the transition from mainframe computers to minicomputers, and then from minicomputers to personal computers, by setting up autonomous teams in Minnesota and then in Florida. Business School, Disrupted 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Networking was a novel addition at a time when most corporate computing was conducted on minicomputers and mainframes, used with simple terminals. Former Sun Micro Execs Recall Trail-Blazing Times - Digits - WSJ 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z He'd developed a superb minicomputer operating system for Digital Equipment Corp, but they cancelled his next project. Microsoft can still learn from Gates 2014-02-05T00:39:47Z IT has enjoyed decades of technological stability, first from limited options for mainframes and minicomputers, and then from a quickly consolidating PC market. Confused By BYOD? Get In Line 2013-10-16T16:44:00Z This contrasted with the batch processing or time-sharing models which allowed larger, more expensive minicomputer and mainframe systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time. What Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Living In The Post PC Era 2013-08-23T14:49:00Z Boston’s Start-up Common gained ground in the 1970s and 1980s when Digital Equipment Corp. boomed — spawning a robust minicomputer industry that perished once companies replaced minicomputers with networks of PCs. Interview With Tumblr Investor, Spark Capital 2013-05-20T12:46:47Z For all I know, there were must-go mainframe computer shows in the 1950s, and I’ve heard that there were vital semiconductor and minicomputer conferences in the 1960s. Tipping Point Alert 2012-10-04T17:34:59Z The first microcomputers, like the Apple I, were not impressive, but they eventually expanded far beyond the market for mainframes and minicomputers made by IBM and DEC in the early 80s. Big Government Gave Up: Now It's The Entrepreneur's Turn To Conquer Space 2012-07-25T16:47:55Z At first, when Bushnell and Dabney were trying to turn Spacewar! into a commercial product, their plans involved trying to use Data General’s Nova, a minicomputer which started at a remarkably low $3,995. Atari at 40: Catching Up With Its Founder 2012-06-27T19:35:38Z Eventually HP focused on the development of a line of products that would become part of the personal computing market, including minicomputers and printers, as well as the peripheral products those lines require. The Greatest Early Startup Teams EVER: Part 1 2012-06-18T19:48:32Z Decades ago, incumbents had to finally admit that minicomputers weren't simply small mainframes. Mobile advertising: the $20bn opportunity mirage 2012-06-12T11:07:18Z The arrival of minicomputers in the 1970s and PCs in the ’80s broke down the wall between mainframe operators and users, leading to the system and network administrators of the 1980s and ’90s. DevOps: What It Is And Where It Came From 2012-06-11T14:23:23Z The minicomputer market was just being pioneered by the Digital Equipment Corporation. Jacob E. Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90 2011-12-22T02:57:18Z The last technology shift in health care was from mainframe/minicomputers to client-server. How Microsoft Moved Out Of One Health Business To Protect Another 2011-12-19T13:12:36Z The company developed a slew of different products, ranging from signal generators to minicomputers. The Greatest Early Startup Teams EVER: Part 1 2012-06-18T19:48:32Z A semi-generation later, we saw it again: microcomputers weren't diminutive minicomputers but truly personal machines that consumers could lift with their arms, minds and credit cards. Mobile advertising: the $20bn opportunity mirage 2012-06-12T11:07:18Z The old giants, which arose by destroying the previous generation of mainframe and minicomputer companies, now face their own fight for relevance. Salesforce, a Leader in Cloud Computing, Draws Big Rivals 2011-12-12T03:55:37Z I myself was lost in minicomputer land and didn’t find the PC market for another decade. Apple's Siri Begins To Cast A Shadow Over The Industry 2011-10-25T15:47:03Z HP's TouchPad surrender reminds me of the sad story of the minicomputer companies that lined Boston's Route 128 in the 1970s and 1980s, such as Data General, Digital, Prime, and Wang. The PC Isn't Dying -- It's Just Evolving 2011-09-01T11:00:00Z It wasn’t a “crisis in computing” when the PC put minicomputer manufacturers like DEC out of business. A Crisis in Reporting? 2011-07-11T12:00:35Z When newspaper journalists complain about the deficiencies of online journalism, they’re making exactly the same mistake as a 1980 minicomputer executive dismissing the Apple II as a toy. Disruptive Blogging 2011-07-06T13:36:03Z This was followed by minicomputers that essentially made mainframe capabilities available to smaller businesses. Online 24/7: "Life Logging" Pioneer Clarifies the Future of Cloud Computing 2011-05-04T10:45:04.120Z These companies in all likelihood have spent decades buying mainframes, then minicomputers, then servers. The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans 2011-03-03T22:00:00Z At the time, it was far from obvious that minicomputers were the next big thing in computing. Remembering Ken Olsen, a Computer Industry Pioneer 2011-02-14T17:38:21Z For example, I.B.M., the mainframe behemoth, trailed the leaders in the new markets for minicomputers and then personal computers, but later caught up. Playing Catch-Up, Nokia and H.P. Try to Innovate 2011-02-10T02:05:03Z Think, for example, of how a $1000 PC in the late 1970s looked to someone used to using a mainframe or minicomputer that cost tens or hundreds of times as much. Disruptive Blogging 2011-07-06T13:36:03Z The minicomputer found a market in research laboratories, engineering companies and other professions requiring heavy computer use. Ken Olsen, Who Built DEC Into a Power, Dies at 84 2011-02-08T03:00:09Z With most patients, a power line emerges about waist level and connects to a controller, a minicomputer that plugs into a pair of one-and-a-half-pound, 12-volt batteries. With New Heart Pump, Cheney Slowly Resumes Old Life 2011-01-04T19:30:46Z It's based on the tiny Atom processor that was originally designed for phones but took off as the foundation of netbook minicomputers. Consumer Electronics Show comes to Las Vegas this week 2011-01-03T06:02:30Z Maybe it's time to go back to mainframes or minicomputers and smart terminals running current software. Let's Break It Up 2010-09-03T11:40:00Z It took about 20 years to move from mainframes to the first minicomputers, and it took another 15 years for the personal computer to be introduced. The Risks Of 4G Cellphones 2010-07-06T10:00:00Z In time, several minicomputer companies sprang up around Digital and thrived, forming the foundation of the Route 128 technology corridor near Boston. Ken Olsen, Who Built DEC Into a Power, Dies at 84 2011-02-08T03:00:09Z Its mainframes and minicomputers were generating huge profits at the time and the company was operating under the watchful eye of the U.S. Google's Threat To Apple 2010-06-14T10:00:00Z But they do have rugged minicomputers with software to help them teach farmers to recognize the disease. Battling a Virus Ravaging East Africa?s Cassava Crops 2010-05-31T21:30:00Z But back in the 1980s, when Digital Equipment Corp. challenged IBM for a piece of the enterprise computing business with its VAX minicomputers, the big draw was that DEC machines didn't require liquid cooling. IBM On Cooling Hot Computers 2010-03-30T11:00:00Z We saw the shift from mainframes to minicomputers and from minicomputers to client/server, which was followed by the Internet bubble. CIOs In A Virtual World 2010-03-08T11:00:00Z In the 1960s, Digital built small, powerful and elegantly designed “minicomputers,” which formed the basis of a lucrative new segment of the computer marketplace. Ken Olsen, Who Built DEC Into a Power, Dies at 84 2011-02-08T03:00:09Z After the emergence of smaller `minicomputer' designs in the early 1970s, the traditional big iron machines were described as `mainframe computers' and eventually just as mainframes. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 |
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