On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> Oh boy, taxonomy again! OK, here's my stab:
>
> Microprocessor: a single-chip CPU.
>
> Microcomputer: a computer based on a single microprocessor.
What about dual-CPU desktop Pentium machines? What are those?
> Personal computer: an interactive computer small enough to fit on a desk
> and inexpensive enough to be owned by a single average person.
Define "inexpensive" again?
> Workstation: a computer designed to run Unix with a bitmapped display.
Eww.
> Minicomputer: a timesharing computer that can support fewer than 100
> simultaneous users.
What about a PC running Linux?
> Mainframe: a timesharing computer than can support 100 or more users
> simultaneously.
What about a souped-up, dual processor PC running Linux with 128 serial
ports (it CAN be done)?
> Single-board computer: a computer with CPU, memory, and I/O support on a
> single board.
So this includes: Apple ][+, Commodore 64, IBM PC, the Pentium box sitting
beside my desk?
> Programmable calculator: a computer without general-purpose alphanumeric
> data processing and display facilities.
So this would be a Kim-1, AIM-65, SYM-1, any-single-board-computer-with-a
-keypad-and-limited-LED-display?
> All-in-one computer: a computer with built-in display, keyboard, and
> storage device.
No printer?
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