microcomputing

[mahy-kroh-kuhm-pyoo-ting]

noun

Computers.

1. the use of microcomputers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of microcomputing¹

micro- + computing

Example Sentences

In 1998, for example, Stanford University acquired the Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection in the History of Microcomputing, which includes almost forty years’ worth of titles for various video-game consoles.

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Christie's calls the chip, which eventually ended up in the possession of Yeargan, "one of the most important advancements in the history of microcomputing".

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I also typed in plenty of other programs from magazines such as Creative Computing, 80 Microcomputing, SoftSide, and the most extravagantly programming-centric of the major monthlies, Compute.

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The team claims to be developing a small gadget called No More Woof, a prototype that uses “the latest technology in microcomputing and EEG to analyze animal thought patterns and spell them out in human language using a loudspeaker.”

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And a genius schoolteacher named Leo Christopherson was the Disney of TRS-80 graphics, creating masterworks such as Dancing Demon, which let you play choreographer for a tap-dancing gremlin: Many of these products were advertised in the first slick computer magazine devoted to a specific PC, Wayne Green’s 80 Microcomputing.

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