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Noun(1) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time

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(1) Then, in Silicon Valley and Texas in the mid 1970s, the microcomputer was invented.(2) Scores and computed data were entered into an IBM-compatible microcomputer of our design.(3) Although there were no tangible health risks involved in the development of the microcomputer , the strategies for funding research were not wholly unlike from those of the tobacco industry.(4) The microcomputer then selects one of communication systems based on the profile.(5) The Altair 8800 was chosen by two young Harvard University students as the platform for the first microcomputer , Basic interpreter.(6) In a nutshell, a microcomputer is a small computer that executes software and monitors inputs to control various functions, from something as simple as a window motor to something as complex as a complete engine.(7) The kits have an autonomous microcomputer that can be programmed with a PC.(8) Imagine a microcomputer supported by dozens of interface, memory and processor option boards.(9) I made my modest fortune in the computer field, specifically microcomputers .(10) But I've also been involved since 1976 with microcomputers , the very small computers that are now everywhere; they're inside your cameras, and they're inside tape recorders.(11) Researchers believe that by putting microcomputers into every manmade object in the world, computers could, in a manner of speaking, sense the real world.(12) He invented the first operating system for microcomputers in the early 1970s, making it possible for hobbyists and companies to build the first personal computers.(13) Back in the late 1970's and 1980's, powerful microcomputers were incredibly noisy devices that would almost give you a headache if you spent any time using them.(14) But other counterculturalists, including Brand, quickly recognized the potential of the new wave of microcomputers and personal information technology to link individuals and organizations to transform American society.(15) If you are accustomed to working with microcomputers , you may feel that microcontrollers are tight spots.(16) But you were there, and I want to make the point that I know you were one of the pioneers, and that you did play a significant part in the early development of microcomputers .