How to Use microcomputer in a Sentence

microcomputer

noun

• Still, if the question of IBM's first microcomputer ever comes up in a trivia game, there's your answer.
  — Jimmy Maher, Ars Technica, 30 June 2017
• The information is also stored in a microcomputer in the vehicle as well as external servers so it can be accessed later.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2023
• Rudolf was once falsely accused, on no evidence other than her strong performance during a tournament, of hiding a microcomputer in her lip balm.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
• Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
• That charge is then collected through a conductive electrode in the foam, measured by a microcomputer, and transmitted to a computer or smart device.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Found by a cleaning crew in London, the device is the world’s earliest microcomputer, built with a single chip rather than multiple microchips.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
• They were excited by the prospects of creating software for a new concept, the personal computer, also called a microcomputer.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
• And as the decade progressed, the online universe expanded rapidly from its original core of microcomputer hobbyists to encompass a much wider group.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Oct. 2016
• Among other things, that hub contains a 32-bit microcomputer, a Bluetooth module, plus a rechargeable battery and wireless charging coils.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
• Zojirushi Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
• The microcomputer and sensors inside the cooker can calibrate soak time and adjust the temperature as needed to ensure that the rice cooks evenly and stays warm without ever burning.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
• In a first for the microcomputer maker, the Pico is powered by a custom chip designed in house called the RP2040.
  — Ian Carlos Campbell, The Verge, 21 Jan. 2021
• Microsoft played a crucial role in software development for early microcomputers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
• The cameras at each hive, running 24 hours a day and seven days a week, were each connected to a microcomputer, and the researchers uploaded the data to their laptops during weekly visits.
  — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
• Wilson studied computer science at Cambridge and once spent her Easter break designing a microcomputer.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
• Beyond the United States, BBSs seemed to spring up anywhere that a microcomputer could be connected to a telephone line.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Oct. 2016
• Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2023
• The company sold the microcomputer in its RadioShack stores for $649, with a 12-inch monitor and a cassette recorder for storage.
  — Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• This task requires a lead disruptor, like the microcomputer industry required Steve Jobs and the auto and space industries needed Elon Musk.
  — Bob Sellers, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2019
• Dan Bricklin took the spreadsheet concept from accounting and turned it into VisiCalc, the program that helped create the microcomputer software industry.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
• This smart keychain replaces your typical charging cable using a microcomputer electronic system to charge your Apple Watch wirelessly.
  — Popular Science, 22 Sep. 2020
• Just a short decade ago, Digital Control technology (which uses a microcomputer to prevent backlash) was available only in reels costing more than $500.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 Mar. 2020
• Joby integrates all aspects of engineering and manufacturing — from microcomputers to propeller blades, as well as some of the robots that assemble components that go into the finished aircraft.
  — Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
• Harness microcomputers and biology to make your own renewable energy system in a STEM workshop.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• These entrepreneurs say the current moment in synthetic biology is akin to the 1970s in computer science, when microcomputers first appeared in kits that could be assembled in hobbyists’ basement workshops.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2016
• Dave Denhart, subLogic’s second hire, recalls that the company’s early days were driven by Artwick’s 3D software, updated for emerging microcomputers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
• Brands use them all the time; consider Microsoft (microcomputer + software), Netflix (internet + flicks), and DoorDash (an obvious combo of door + dash).
  — Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• In the 1980s, small-satellite builders began to include reprogrammable microcomputers to enable them to reconfigure capabilities remotely.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2018
• Sadly, this initially promising attempt at commercialization foundered because of bad luck, poor marketing decisions and a failure to comprehend the onrushing wave of microcomputers such as the Apple II.
  — Phil Lapsley, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
• Microsoft Flight Simulator , released in late 1982, continued to improve in the months that followed, mirroring the advancements in microcomputers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023