Back pain can also result from more-serious injuries, such as a vertebral fracture or ruptured disk; from arthritis and other age-related changes in your spine; and from certain infections. Possible causes of back pain include: 1  Ankylosing spondylitis.  Meralgia paresthetica.
Noun. 1. microcomputer-a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time. PC, personal computer. desktop computer-a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace.
When single-chip CPUs appeared, beginning with the Intel 4004 in 1971, the term minicomputer came to mean a machine that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the smallest mainframe computers and the microcomputers.