• Microcomputer

    Origin

    1956, - + computer.

    Full definition of microcomputer

    Noun

    microcomputer

    (plural microcomputers)
    1. (computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
      • 1956, Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, v 11, July 7, New York: Fantasy House, p 9:In recent years, it had become the hallmark of the scientist, much as the stethoscope was that of the physician and the microcomputer that of the statistician.
      • 1985, Micro CommunicationsThe operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another.
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