Microcomputer

Word MICROCOMPUTER
Character 13
Hyphenation microcomputer
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Microcomputer"

What do we mean by microcomputer?

A personal computer. noun

A small computer based on a microprocessor; in practise, at any given time in the technology of computer development, a microcomputer will be one that is less powerful than a minicomputer. noun

A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe. noun

A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time noun

A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.

A small computer that contains a microprocessor as it's central processor. Urban Dictionary

A term used in the 1970s to refer to a computer which was much smaller compared to mainframes at the time, being small enough to fit on a desk. Rendered obsolete by modern computers, which can be far smaller. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Microcomputer

The word "microcomputer" in example sentences

I once typed it into my first "microcomputer" -- the Amstrad PC6400 shown in the picture. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I once typed it into my first "microcomputer"--the Amstrad PC6400 shown in the picture. ❋ Unknown (2005)

My dad bought a new fangled gadget called a microcomputer, the TRS-80, affectionately known as the "trash 80". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bill Gates and Paul Allen derived the name Microsoft from 'microcomputer' and which other word? ❋ Chirayu (2005)

The first spam was sent out by a marketing representative (who else?) for Digital Equipment Corporation, who was a leader in the microcomputer market back in the 1960s and 1970s. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Back then a minicomputer was the size of a desk, whereas a microcomputer could fit on top of a desk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's a very odd one, not the usual Insilico fare, but that's what you get when you trap an AI in a microcomputer inside a briefcase (in this case, Xiang 2. 0a). ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

In the mid-seventies, there might have been only a few thousand people who were excited enough to buy an early microcomputer and see its potential. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her daughter has been seen sitting by her mother's side in a pink scarf and plaid sneakers playing games on a microcomputer as history unfolds around her. ❋ Lauren Ashburn (2011)

Without the transistor, and the subsequent development of the integrated circuit and microcomputer, only large corporations and the government could afford and house these vacuum tube computers, and there would thus be little need to connect them together into a world wide web. ❋ James Kakalios (2010)

In 1975, an obscure New Mexico startup launched the MITS Altair, the world's first microcomputer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As you are familiar, the Tohoku area has become known for producing important electronic devices, such as microcomputer devices. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The room is very neat? family photographs are exactly spaced, as is the collection of certificates (the What Micro home microcomputer award, 1985, for example) in matching frames. ❋ Sabine Durrant (2010)

They propose that Microsoft be put in charge of the entire software development process for IBM's new microcomputer, including providing the main operating system to run on the computer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The company provides the materials - everything from an antenna and batteries to solar panels and a microcomputer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Microcomputer: Modern desktop computers, video game consoles, laptops, tablet [PCs], and many types of handheld devices, including [mobile phones], pocket [calculators], and industrial embedded systems. ❋ BallsDroppingInMyThroat (2017)

[The invention] of the microprocessor allowed for microcomputers, which were much [smaller] than [computers] at the time. ❋ Mattjod (2021)

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