Programmed Data Processor

Programmed Data Processor (abbreviated PDP) was the name of a series of minicomputers, several of them ground-breaking and very influential, made by Digital Equipment Corporation. The name 'PDP' intentionally avoided the use of the term 'computer' because at the time of the first PDPs, computers had a reputation of being large, complicated, and expensive machines, and the venture capitalists behind Digital (esp. Georges Doriot) wouldn't support Digital's attempting to build a "computer". The word "minicomputer" was not invented yet. So instead, Digital used their existing line of logic modules to build a Programmable Data Processor and aimed it at a market which couldn't afford the larger computers.
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<computer> (PDP) Early (1960's?) Digital Equipment Corporation family of minicomputers. The best known ranges were the PDP-10 and PDP-11. PAL was the assembly language.
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