microcomputer
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English
Etymology
Noun
microcomputer (plural microcomputers)
- (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.
Synonyms
Translations
computer designed around a microprocessor
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English microcomputer.
Noun
microcomputer m (invariable)
- (computing) microcomputer
- Synonym: microcalcolatore
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English microcomputer.
Noun
microcomputer n (plural microcomputere)
Declension
Declension of microcomputer
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) microcomputer | microcomputerul | (niște) microcomputere | microcomputerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) microcomputer | microcomputerului | (unor) microcomputere | microcomputerelor |
vocative | microcomputerule | microcomputerelor |
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- en:Computer hardware
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- it:Computing
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns