2006-08-11 21:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by sunil s 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The term microcomputer was generally used for systems that fell somewhere in between the main frame and the personal computer.
2006-08-11 21:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A microprocessor is a chip (an integrated circuit that fits on a printed circuit board).
A microcomputer is a unit that includes all the necessary bits and pieces (including a microprocessor) to make the whole a "computer". Big or small or micro define just the size!
2006-08-11 21:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Micro Processor... A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC). [1] The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using BCD arithmetics on 4-bit words. Other embedded uses of 4 and 8-bit microprocessors, such as terminals, printers, various kinds of automation etc, followed rather quickly. Affordable 8-bit microprocessors with 16-bit addressing also led to the first general purpose microcomputers in the mid-1970s. Processors were for a long period constructed out of small and medium-scale ICs containing the equivalent of a few to a few hundred transistors. The integration of the whole CPU onto a single VLSI chip therefore greatly reduced the cost of processing capacity. From their humble beginnings, continued increases in microprocessor capacity has rendered other forms of computers almost completely obsolete (see history of computing hardware), with one or more microprocessor as processing element in everything from the smallest embedded systems and handheld devices to the largest mainframes and super computers. Micro Computer... A microcomputer[2] is a computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit. Another general characteristic of these computers is that they occupy physically small amounts of space when compared to mainframe and minicomputers. Many microcomputers (when equipped with a keyboard and screen for input and output) are also personal computers (in the generic sense).[3][4]
2016-03-26 22:47:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microprocessors are the chips that are really responsible for the computing power of the computer.
Microcomputers is a term for personal computers.
2006-08-11 22:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by eternalvoid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-11 21:48:29 · answer #5 · answered by yousaf 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋