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Micro or Mikro, from the Greek μικρός (mikrós), means "small". It can be used to indicate a smaller than average scale (microscopic scale), as opposed to prefixes mega and macro, which can be used to indicate a larger than average scale.
Micro may refer to:
- micro- (μ) a prefix in the SI and other systems of units denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth)
- MICRO Relational Database Management System, an early set-theoretic database management system
- Micro programming language, a simple programming language used in teaching compiler construction techniques
- Micro, a mostly-obsolete term for a microcomputer
- Micro cell, a common AAA-sized battery
- Micro (Thai band), a Thai rock band
- Micro (car), the first car company from Sri Lanka
- Micro (novel), a novel written by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
- Micro (wrestler), a Japanese professional wrestler
- Micro, North Carolina
- Mikro (Greek band), a Greek electronic music group
- International Symposium on Microarchitecture, one of the most important academic conferences on computer architecture
See also
All pages beginning with "Micro"
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