microcomputer

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ computer. First use appears c. 1956. See cite below.

Noun

microcomputer (plural microcomputers)

1. (computer hardware, now chiefly historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
   • 1956 July 7, Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 11, New York: Fantasy House, page 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.

   • 2021, Pat Manser, More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary, Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary, page 83:

     In time of course, things became more efficient, with newer machines which could cope with large amounts of data - the microcomputers had 64 kilobytes of memory; your mobile phone has vastly more capacity.

2. (computer hardware, uncommon, chiefly dated) A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.

Synonyms

• micro
• PC
• personal computer

Derived terms

• Microsoft
• supermicrocomputer

Translations

computer designed around a microprocessor

Armenian: միկրոհամակարգիչներ (mikrohamakargičʻner) Bulgarian: микрокомпютър m (mikrokompjutǎr) Chinese: Mandarin: 微型計算機 / 微型计算机 (wēixíng jìsuànjī), 微電腦 / 微电脑 (zh) (wēidiànnǎo), 微機 / 微机 (zh) (wēijī) Czech: mikropočítač Estonian: mikroarvuti Finnish: mikrotietokone (fi), mikro (fi) French: microordinateur (fr) m Georgian: მიკროკომპიუტერი (miḳroḳomṗiuṭeri) German: Mikrorechner m Greek: μικροϋπολογιστής (el) m (mikroÿpologistís) Hebrew: מחשב זעיר m (makhshév zaír), מיקרומחשב m (mikromakhshév) Hindi: सूक्ष्मसंगणक (sūkṣmasaṅgaṇak) Hungarian: mikroszámítógép (hu) Indonesian: komputer mikro Inuktitut: ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᕋᓛᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅᓯᐅᑦ (qaritaoyaralaaq ataosiqsiot) Irish: micriríomhaire Korean: 초소형 전자계산기 (chosohyeong jeonjagyesan'gi) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: mikrokompiuteris (lt) m Maori: rorohiko iti Marathi: सूक्ष्मसंगणक (sūkṣmasaṅgaṇak) Norwegian: mikrodatamaskin m Polish: mikrokomputer (pl) m Portuguese: microcomputador (pt) m Romanian: microcomputer (ro) n, microcalculator (ro) n Russian: микрокомпью́тер (ru) m (mikrokompʹjútɛr) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: microcomputadora f Swedish: mikrodator c Tagalog: mikpanuos Tamil: நுண்கணிப்பொறி (nuṇkaṇippoṟi) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: mikrobilgisayar (tr) Vietnamese: máy tính nhỏ, máy vi tính (vi) Welsh: microgyfrifiadur m

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English microcomputer.

Noun

microcomputer m (invariable)

1. (computing) microcomputer

   Synonym: microcalcolatore

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English microcomputer.

Noun

microcomputer n (plural microcomputere)

1. microcomputer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	microcomputer	microcomputerul		microcomputere	microcomputerele
genitive-dative	microcomputer	microcomputerului		microcomputere	microcomputerelor
vocative	microcomputerule			microcomputerelor