1956, micro- + computer. Noun
microcomputer (plural microcomputers)
- (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 Communications
- The operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another.
- 1956, Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, v 11, July 7, New York: Fantasy House, p 9:
- French: microordinateur
- German: Mikrorechner
- Portuguese: microcomputador
- Russian: микрокомпью́тер
- Spanish: microcomputadora
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