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English

Pronunciation

MY-kro

Etymology

:Shortening of microcomputer

Noun

Short form of microcomputer

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French

Noun

mic (microphone)
micro#English|micro (microcomputer)

es:micro fr:micro it:micro pl:micro pt:micro ru:micro ta:micro vi:micro zh:micro

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Micro- \Mi"cro-\, Micr- \Mi"cr-\ . [Gr. mikro`s small.]
A combining form signifying:
(a) Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm,
microscope.
(b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A millionth part of;
as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet micro
adj : extremely small in scale or scope or capability

Jargon micro- pref. 1. Very small; this is the root of its use as a quantifier
prefix. 2. A quantifier prefix, calling for multiplication by 10^(-6)
(see {quantifiers}). Neither of these uses is peculiar to hackers, but
hackers tend to fling them both around rather more freely than is
countenanced in standard English. It is recorded, for example, that one
CS professor used to characterize the standard length of his lectures as
a microcentury -- that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec,
nanoacre, and especially microfortnight). 3. Personal or human-scale
-- that is, capable of being maintained or comprehended or manipulated
by one human being. This sense is generalized from `microcomputer', and
is esp. used in contrast with `macro-' (the corresponding Greek prefix
meaning `large'). 4. Local as opposed to global (or macro-). Thus a
hacker might say that buying a smaller car to reduce pollution only
solves a microproblem; the macroproblem of getting to work might be
better solved by using mass transit, moving to within walking distance,
or (best of all) telecommuting.

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microprocessor

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prefix

Micro, NC (town, FIPS 42620) Location: 35.56264 N, 78.20416 W Population (1990): 417 (193 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Moby Dictionary 454
Housing Units (2000): 225
Land area (2000): 0.407229 sq. miles (1.054718 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.407229 sq. miles (1.054718 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42620
Located within: North Carolina (NC) , FIPS 37
Location: 35.562802 N , 78.203882 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Micro , NC
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