Microcomputers

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit (CPU). It includes a microprocessor, memory and minimal input/output (I/O) circuitry mounted on a single printed circuit board (PCB). Microcomputers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors. The predecessors to these computers, mainframes and minicomputers, were comparatively much larger and more expensive (though indeed present-day mainframes such as the IBM System z machines use one or more custom microprocessors as their CPUs). Many microcomputers (when equipped with a keyboard and screen for input and output) are also …

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CEPEO: Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities · 7 March 2024 English

In the final stages of the life cycle, the technology is mature and is more standardized, and firms have learned to integrate it efficiently into the production process and to …

Nuvolari (2020) 58 Advancements in mainframes and microcomputers began in the 1960s and 1970s. How- ever, it


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 26 February 2024 English

Measuring risk preferences is crucial when it comes to determining the appropriate level of risk reduction and helping people cope with shocks in their daily lives.

Criteria Decision Making and Risk Analysis Using Microcomputers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. Vieider, F


World Bank Group · 21 December 2023 English

Retrieval of census DATA for small Areas by Microcomputers (REDATAM). The project supported to strengthening


World Bank Group · 8 November 2023 English

Over nine years of violence and conflict have profoundly altered the Republic of Yemen’s economy. The war has shattered the country’s already fragile socioeconomic equilibria, affecting nearly every facet of …

computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS. Microcomputers in Policy Research 5. Washington, D.C.: International


World Bank Group · 8 November 2023 English

Over nine years of violence and conflict have profoundly altered the Republic of Yemen’s economy. The war has shattered the country’s already fragile socioeconomic equilibria, affecting nearly every facet of …

computable general equilibrium (CGE) model in GAMS. Microcomputers in Policy Research 5. Washington, D.C.: International






INREA: National Institute for research in technical sciences for the environment and agriculture · 22 October 2023 French

t a b a s e m a n a g e m e n t Systems on microcomputers. Together with thèse Systems, s p é c i f


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