a low-cost computer, often stand alone but nowadays increasingly part of a network in an office etc with a very wide range of available software and now with processing power, storage and memory greater than minicomputers of a few years ago

computer based on a microprocessor, digitaalarvuti, mille keskseade koosneb ühest või mitmest mikroprotsessorist ning sisaldab mäluseadet ja sisend- ja väljundvahendeid