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Answer

A single printed circuit board usually connects the ICs, making a computer called a microcomputer.

Relatively small and inexpensive computer that is contained on one or a few chips.

• Why do we study Microcomputers?

 Some interesting statistics (from a few years ago) – An average American interacts with 300 or more embedded systems every day. 95% of all microprocessor will be sold each year for embedded systems. IEEE estimated that over 700,000 people worldwide were employed writing code for embedded system in 2007.