"microcomputer" would be a great word for things like the raspberry pi or beaglebone, but it's already taken by regular size computers (because at the time the term microcomputer was made, a minicomputer was the size of a desk, and at the time the term minicomputer was made a computer was the size of a room)

I can't tell if I'm making a serious suggestion here 

@Felthry millicomputer

or maybe centicomputer, because dimensions are measured in the couple-centimeters

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re: I can't tell if I'm making a serious suggestion here 

@packbat well, milli is larger than micro

re: I can't tell if I'm making a serious suggestion here 

@Felthry yeah, that's the problem

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