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3. Minicomputer: A multi-user computer capable of supporting up to hundreds of users simultaneously.

4. Mainframe: A powerful multi-user computer capable of supporting many hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously.

Supercomputer: An extremely fast computer that can perform hundreds of millions of instructions per second.