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- The term was used to describe a computer by another name, due to contracting complications for purchasing or leasing computers. The term PDP (Programmed Data Processor or Programmable Data Processor) was a workaround. The name "PDP" intentionally avoids the use of the term "computer". PDPs were aimed at a market that could not afford larger computers.
* GNU - GNU's Not UNIX. As AT&T's prices for academic licensing and use of UNIX increased, new restrictions

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