microcomputer

1956, micro- +‎ computer.

microcomputer (plural microcomputers)

1. (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.

• micro
• PC
• personal computer

Borrowed from English microcomputer.

microcomputer m (invariable)

1. (computing) microcomputer

   Synonym: microcalcolatore

Unadapted borrowing from English microcomputer.

microcomputer n (plural microcomputere)

1. microcomputer