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n. (plural of microsystem English)
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Microsystems may refer to:
- Microelectromechanical systems, miniature electronic and mechanical systems less than a millimeter in size
- Microsystems (magazine), a personal computing magazine of the early 1980s
Microsystems was a personal computing magazine founded by Sol Libes and published from January 1980 to November 1984. Oriented toward the home and business personal computer user, it included an editorial page, letters from readers, technical articles, and advertisements. As a historical reference, it is notable for chronicling in detail the early days of the personal computer. Topics covered in its issues included:
- IEEE-696 / S-100 bus systems
- the CP/M operating systems from Digital Research: CP/M-80, CP/M Plus, CP/M-86, and MP/M
- the MS-DOS operating system from Microsoft
- implementations of the PL/I language: PL/I-80 and PL/I-86 from Digital Research
- the Turbo Pascal and UCSD Pascal languages
- the 8080, Z80, 8086, and 80286 microprocessors
Usage examples of "microsystems".
The history of life on earth expresses the coevolution of self-organizing macro- and microsystems in ever-higher degrees of differentiation.
Sun Microsystems mainframe computer that had enough power to administer the entire country, if need be.
John Gilmore, one of the pioneers of Sun Microsystems, immediately offered his own extensive financial and personal support.
Most work in bland, shoulder-height cubicles, tapping away at a UNIX system built by Sun Microsystems or at a Dell workstation.