Microcomputer vs Microarchitecture - What's the difference?
microcomputer | microarchitecture |
(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:
* 1985 , Micro Communications
(biology) The detailed structure of any organ etc. at a very small scale
(computing) The architecture of the data processing parts of a microcomputer
As nouns the difference between microcomputer and microarchitecture
is that microcomputer is a computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe while microarchitecture is the detailed structure of any organ etc. at a very small scale.microcomputer
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- The operation has installed nine Cygnet CoSystems, computerphones that send memos, letters, and even whole files from one microcomputer to another.