Antedating of "Microcomputer"

[Fred Shapiro]

microcomputer (OED3 1968)

1963 _Wash. Post_ 1 Mar. D8  All this would take is a clever surgeon to
insert a microcomputer into the brain that would provide unlimited memory.

1964 _Microelectronics and Reliability_ Sept. 142  Microcomputer comes off
the line.  _Electronics_, p. 14 (Nov. 1963).  Last week, completion of the
first of the microelectronic computers for the Improved Minuteman ICBM was
announced by the Autonetics division of North American Aviation.  [I HAVE
NOT CHECKED THE 1963 ARTICLE IN _ELECTRONICS_ TO SEE IF THE WORD OCCURS
THERE]

Fred Shapiro


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