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Definition of Microcomputers
1. microcomputer [n] - See also: microcomputer
Medical Definition of Microcomputers
1. Small computers using lsi (large-scale integration) microprocessor chips as the cpu (central processing unit) and semiconductor memories for compact, inexpensive storage of program instructions and data. They are smaller and less expensive than minicomputers and are usually built into a dedicated system where they are optimised for a particular application. "microprocessor" may refer to just the cpu or the entire microcomputer. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcomputers
Literary usage of Microcomputers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"microcomputers in Federal Agencies 0 1000 .2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000
... 2307) Number of microcomputers *20 Independent agencies selected by OTA to ..."
2. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"... Water Quality for River/Reservoir Systems McTrans Center for microcomputers
in Transportation The Center for microcomputers hi Transportation (McTrans) ..."
3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"This simplification of the power supply requirements and the related Motorola
family of chips lowered product costs. Some early microcomputers using this ..."
4. Cops Nad Computers: Microcomputer Use in Criminal Justice Agencies by J. Thomas McEwen (1992)
"In general, microcomputers have been introduced into criminal justice agencies
more slowly than businesses. Implementation problems were discussed in ..."
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