alleryStart learning →How many users can a minicomputer support at once?
AOnly a single user at any given moment
BHundreds or thousands of simultaneous users
CExactly one thousand users at any moment
DFrom four to about two hundred users
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. From four to about two hundred users
1. Minicomputers are medium-sized machines with multiple processors.
2. They can support from four to about two hundred users at once.
3. Support for hundreds or thousands of users is the mainframe range, which is the trap here.
4. The distinction between larger minicomputers and smaller mainframes is described as blurring.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Using Technology to Manage Information", section 13.1 Transforming Businesses through Information_
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