Abbreviation for medium interface connector.

A physical or logical connection established between a remote microprocessor and mainframe host computer for the express purpose of uploading, downloading, or viewing interactive data and databases on-line in real time.
Note: A micro-mainframe link usually requires terminal emulation software on the microcomputer.

In an optical waveguide, sharp curvatures involving local axial displacements of a few micrometers and spatial wavelengths of a few millimeters.
Note: Microbends can result from waveguide coating, cabling, packaging, and installation. Microbending can cause significant radiative loss and mode coupling.

In an optical fiber, the optical power loss caused by a microbend. [2196]

See microbend.

Synonym integrated circuit.

A sequence of microinstructions that is fixed in storage that is not program-addressable, and that performs specific processing functions.

A computer (a) in which the processing unit is a microprocessor and (b) that usually consists of a microprocessor, a storage unit, an input channel, and an output channel, all of which may be on one chip.

A film of dimensionally stable plastic, to which are adhered carefully graded abrasive or polishing powders, i.e., particles, having dimensions in the micrometer or submicrometer range.
Note: Microfinishing films resemble sandpaper, but have much smaller abrasive or polishing particles. They are used commercially to shape and/or polish machined parts. They are also used to finish the endfaces of certain types… (Read More →)

An instruction that controls data flow and instruction-execution sequencing in a processor at a more fundamental level than machine instructions.
Note: A series of microinstructions is necessary to perform an individual machine instruction.