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- 3. a large computer with only rudimentary interactive interface (the console) that used sets of punched cards and paper tape or magnetic tape to transfer data and programs
- 5. a computer that can use software designed for another make or type
- 7. computer hardware whose interface is controlled by the manufacturer or designer (often under patent or trade-secret protection) that is frequently incompatible with hardware (and possibly software) from other manufacturers
- 9. a computer that comes with a keyboard and display which can be easily relocated or transported
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- 1. a computer that is portable but only with difficulty
- 2. a small portable personal computer (PC) with a screen and alphanumeric keyboard
- 4. a type of computer hardware design intended to make adding and upgrading and swapping components with other computers easy by using accepted and published standards that ensure compatibility
- 6. a class of smaller general-purpose computers that developed in the mid-1960s that sold for much less than mainframe computers and had an input-output device such as a teleprinter and at least four thousand words of memory and capable of running programs in a higher level language
- 8. a small and relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit (CPU)