Supermini
A
supermini, by definition, is "a
minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers". The term was an invention used mainly to distinguish the emerging
32-bit minis from the classical
16-bit minicomputers. Reportedly coined by
DEC at their
VAX announcement in 1976, the term is now largely obsolete, but still remains of interest for students/researchers of
computer history.
Significant superminis
A supermini is also a class of car (see car classification).