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Both geometric correction and image registration involve lengthy and time-consuming operations, taking several hours on a minicomputer .
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But in minicomputers, with short word lengths, the distinction is not so clear.
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But the company, which specialized in minicomputers, failed to capitalize on the switch to personal computers.
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If the target system is a computer system, it could be mainframe, minicomputer or microcomputer.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, most computers were mainframes or minicomputers, big closets stuffed with wires and circuitry.
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The model they kept in mind was the Hewlett-Packard 3000, a minicomputer that had never cracked a smile in its life.
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The successful data bases generally are maintained on microcomputers, rather than minicomputers or mainframes.
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This means the physical components of computers, including the minicomputers, microcomputers and integrated systems and attachments to the computers.