microcomputer
noun
mi·cro·com·put·er
ˈmī-krō-kəm-ˌpyü-tər 
1
: a small computer usually equipped with a microprocessor
especially
: personal computer
2
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Bell led engineering at the fabled Digital Equipment Corporation in the early days of the microcomputer, played a pivotal role in Microsoft’s research group in the 1990s, and became a prominent tech historian.
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David Meyer, Fortune, 22 May 2024
After speaking with an expert, however, O’Shea learned that his team had found rare pieces of technology history: a 1972 Q1 desktop microcomputer with an internal printer and a 1976 Q1 Lite with an external companion printer.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
They were excited by the prospects of creating software for a new concept, the personal computer, also called a microcomputer.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Microsoft played a crucial role in software development for early microcomputers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
Joby integrates all aspects of engineering and manufacturing — from microcomputers to propeller blades, as well as some of the robots that assemble components that go into the finished aircraft.
—Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
Zojirushi Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
Microsoft Flight Simulator , released in late 1982, continued to improve in the months that followed, mirroring the advancements in microcomputers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2023
David Meyer, Fortune, 22 May 2024
After speaking with an expert, however, O’Shea learned that his team had found rare pieces of technology history: a 1972 Q1 desktop microcomputer with an internal printer and a 1976 Q1 Lite with an external companion printer.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
They were excited by the prospects of creating software for a new concept, the personal computer, also called a microcomputer.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Microsoft played a crucial role in software development for early microcomputers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
Joby integrates all aspects of engineering and manufacturing — from microcomputers to propeller blades, as well as some of the robots that assemble components that go into the finished aircraft.
—Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
Zojirushi Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
Microsoft Flight Simulator , released in late 1982, continued to improve in the months that followed, mirroring the advancements in microcomputers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2023
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microcomputer
noun
mi·cro·com·put·er
ˈmī-krō-kəm-ˌpyüt-ər
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