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Mainframecomputer vs Microcomputer - What's the difference?

mainframecomputer | microcomputer |

As a noun microcomputer is

(computer hardware) a computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.

mainframecomputer

Not English

Mainframecomputer has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

microcomputer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
  • * 1956 , Isaac Asimov, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , v 11, July 7, New York: Fantasy House, p 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.

    Synonyms

    * PC * personal computer