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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Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines.
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
But Google finds itself in a position like that of IBM in the early 1980s, when IBM’s core mainframe business was threatened by what were then called microcomputers.
—John Rennie, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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.
—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
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
But Google finds itself in a position like that of IBM in the early 1980s, when IBM’s core mainframe business was threatened by what were then called microcomputers.
—John Rennie, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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.
—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
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microcomputer
noun
mi·cro·com·put·er
ˈmī-krō-kəm-ˌpyüt-ər
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