microcomputer
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From micro- + computer . First use appears c. 1956. See cite below.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]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.
- (computer hardware , uncommon , chiefly dated ) A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.
Synonyms
[edit ]Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]computer designed around a microprocessor
- Armenian: միկրոհամակարգիչներ (mikrohamakargičʻner)
- Bulgarian: микрокомпютър m (mikrokompjutǎr)
- Chinese:
- 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
- Italian: microcomputer (it) m, microcalcolatore (it) m, microelaboratore (it) m
- Korean: 초소형 전자계산기 (chosohyeong jeonjagyesan'gi)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: mikrokompiuteris (lt) m
- Māori: 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
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from English microcomputer .
Noun
[edit ]microcomputer m (invariable )
- (computing ) microcomputer
- Synonym: microcalcolatore
Romanian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Unadapted borrowing from English microcomputer .
Noun
[edit ]microcomputer n (plural microcomputere )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | microcomputer | microcomputerul | microcomputere | microcomputerele |
| genitive-dative | microcomputer | microcomputerului | microcomputere | microcomputerelor |
| vocative | microcomputerule | microcomputerelor | ||
Categories:
- English terms prefixed with micro-
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Computer hardware
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with uncommon senses
- English dated terms
- English 5-syllable words
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Computing
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns