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microcomputer definition - telecom
Synonymous with personal computer (PC).A computer built around a single central processing unit (CPU), a microcomputer is less capable than a midrange computer, or minicomputer, and certainly much less capable than a mainframe computer. See also CPU, mainframe computer, and minicomputer.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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