microcomputer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

microcomputer
    n 1: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and
         designed to be used by one person at a time [syn: {personal
         computer}, {PC}, {microcomputer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

microcomputer \microcomputer\ n.
   A small computer based on a microprocessor; in practise, at
   any given time in the technology of computer development, a
   microcomputer will be one that is less powerful than a
   {minicomputer}.

   Syn: personal computer, PC.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

microcomputer

   A computer based on a {microprocessor}.

   Contrast with {minicomputer}, {mainframe}.

   (1995-02-07)

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