microcomputer

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a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time

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Aside from this patent, the standard meaning of microcomputer is a computer using one or more microprocessors as its CPU(s), while the concept defined in the patent is more akin to a microcontroller. Source: Internet

Diversification Although their microcomputer efforts were eventually considered failures, the PDP-11 and VAX lines continued to sell in record numbers. Source: Internet

After receiving a failing grade in school, he uses his IMSAI 8080 microcomputer to hack into the district's computer system. Source: Internet

A psychological factor may have also played a role: the first generation of microcomputer programmers retained a hobbyist, "wires and pliers" attitude. Source: Internet

As prices for both disk hardware and operating system software decreased, there were many such microcomputer systems. Source: Internet

Atari in 1980 proposed that it act as original equipment manufacturer for an IBM microcomputer. Source: Internet

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