"microcomputer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microcomputers [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + computer. First use appears c. 1956. See cite below. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|computer}} micro- + computer Head templates: {{en-noun}} microcomputer (plural microcomputers)
  1. (computer hardware, now chiefly historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe. Tags: historical Translations (computer designed around a microprocessor): միկրոհամակարգիչներ (mikrohamakargičʻner) (Armenian), микрокомпютър (mikrokompjutǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 微型計算機 /微型计算机 (wēixíng jìsuànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 微電腦 /微电脑 (wēidiànnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 微機 /微机 (wēijī) (Chinese Mandarin), mikropočítač (Czech), mikroarvuti (Estonian), mikrotietokone (Finnish), mikro (Finnish), microordinateur [masculine] (French), მიკროკომპიუტერი (miḳroḳomṗiuṭeri) (Georgian), Mikrorechner [masculine] (German), μικροϋπολογιστής (mikroÿpologistís) [masculine] (Greek), מחשב זעיר (makhshév zaír) [masculine] (Hebrew), מיקרומחשב (mikromakhshév) [masculine] (Hebrew), सूक्ष्मसंगणक (sūkṣmasaṅgaṇak) (Hindi), mikroszámítógép (Hungarian), komputer mikro (Indonesian), ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᕋᓛᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅᓯᐅᑦ (qaritaoyaralaaq ataosiqsiot) (Inuktitut), micriríomhaire (Irish), 초소형 전자계산기 (chosohyeong jeonjagyesan'gi) (Korean), mikrokompiuteris [masculine] (Lithuanian), rorohiko iti (Maori), सूक्ष्मसंगणक (sūkṣmasaṅgaṇak) (Marathi), mikrodatamaskin [masculine] (Norwegian), mikrokomputer [masculine] (Polish), microcomputador [masculine] (Portuguese), microcomputer [neuter] (Romanian), microcalculator [neuter] (Romanian), микрокомпью́тер (mikrokompʹjútɛr) [masculine] (Russian), microcomputadora [feminine] (Spanish), mikrodator [common-gender] (Swedish), mikpanuos (Tagalog), நுண்கணிப்பொறி (nuṇkaṇippoṟi) (Tamil), mikrobilgisayar (Turkish), máy tính nhỏ (Vietnamese), máy vi tính (Vietnamese), microgyfrifiadur [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (computer hardware, uncommon, chiefly dated) A microprocessor that is based on a single chip. Tags: dated, uncommon
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: micro, PC, personal computer Derived forms: Microsoft, supermicrocomputer

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mikrokompʹjútɛr",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "микрокомпью́тер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "microcomputadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mikrodator"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "word": "mikpanuos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "nuṇkaṇippoṟi",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "word": "நுண்கணிப்பொறி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "word": "mikrobilgisayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "word": "máy tính nhỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "word": "máy vi tính"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "computer designed around a microprocessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microgyfrifiadur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "microcomputer"
}

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