microcomputer

Noun

1. A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
   • 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. - 1956 July 7, Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science...
   • The operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another. - 1985, Micro Communications:
   • 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. - 2021, Pat...
2. A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.