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microcomputer|ˈmaɪkrəʊkəmˌpjuːtə(r)|
Also micro computer, micro-computer.
[f. micro- 1 + computer.]
a. A small computer or computer system, usu. one built around a single microprocessor; a home or personal computer.
b. = microprocessor s.v. micro- 1. Cf. micro n. 3.
1971E. F. Schoeters in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer viii. 70 The mini-computers and the smaller, cheaper, and equally powerful micro-computers. 1971New Scientist 29 July 264/2 Micro computers are small ‘dedicated’ machines that are never reprogrammed. 1975Sci. Amer. May 33/2 It was clearly just a question of time until the further integration of microscopic components would lead to a microcomputer. 1977Time 5 Sept. 39/1 The age of the home computer (or microcomputer, as it is often called) is at hand. 1979Economist 24 Mar. 119/1 About half of hand-held electric tools are expected to have microcomputers in them by 1987. 1982Sci. Amer. Dec. 90/2 Not all microcomputers..are personal computers. A microcomputer can be dedicated to a single task such as controlling a machine tool. 1984S. Curran Word Processing for Beginners iii. 21 Today's microcomputers often incorporate 16-bit chips, with 16-bit wide registers and/or buses.
Also ˌmicrocomˈputing vbl. n., computing using a microcomputer.
1976Digital Design Aug. 68/2 While advances in paper-tape technology may not be as spectacular as those in, say, microcomputing, they are important. 1978Proc. IEEE LXVI. 117 (heading) Low-cost microcomputing: the personal computer and single-board computer revolutions. 1981B. K. Pannell et al. (title) Make a success of micro-computing in your business. 1982Internat. Jrnl. Infrared & Millimeter Waves III. 331 A microcomputing system for data acquisition and on-line data processing has been developed for use with Fourier transform spectrometers. 1986City Limits 29 May 8 The transfer of Britain's most sophisticated technologies (especially in laser and micro-computing)..will have ‘appalling’ effects on the British economy. |