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This article is about the class of computer. There is also a European car size class called supermini; see supermini car. A supermini (from superminicomputer) is, by definition, "a minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers". The term was an invention used from the mid-1970s mainly to distinguish the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputers. Reportedly coined by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their VAX announcement in 1976, the term is now largely obsolete—like minicomputers as such—but still remains of interest for students/researchers of computer history. Note that superminicomputers should not be confused with the similarly named minisupercomputers, which is a class of supercomputer.
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