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.
Generally refers to a Windows PC or Mac, but it can refer to any kind of small computer. When the term was first introduced in the late 1970s, it meant a computer with a single microprocessor chip as its CPU, namely, the personal computer. Today, the CPU in every computer is a microprocessor, and the terms desktop computer, laptop computer and PC have mostly replaced the word microcomputer.