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Micro : adj : extremely small in scale or scope or capability
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Micro :
microprocessor
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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)
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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)
{quantifiers">(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.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Micro-
Micro-: Prefix derived from the Greek "mikros" meaning small. Examples of the many biomedical terms containing "micro-" include the following: microsomia .
In premed and medical student lingo,Micro : is short for microbiology (or microscopic anatomy, i.e. histology).
The opposite of micro- is macro-.
Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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