kinda weird how people at some point stopped saying "microcomputer" and now we just call every size of computer "computer"

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@grainloom IIRC, originally, terminology-wise, we had computers: those were people who did math. Then we had Computers: mostly to throw things at other people with. Once we had multiuser computers, we had dumb terminals: then we had minicomputers, because 'real' computers were so big. Then we had 'real' microcomputers - smart terminals - and 'real' supercomputers. Never had macrocomputers, a missed opportunity there....

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