6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
micro
adj : extremely small in scale or scope or capability
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
micro
{microprocessor}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
micro-
{prefix}
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