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Measurement

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micro- ''Micro'' (Greek letter μ, Mu (letter), mu, non-Italic type, italic) is a metric prefix, unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one millionth (10−6). It comes from the Ancient Greek, Greek word (), meaning "small". It is the ...
(μ), a metric prefix denoting a factor of 10−6


Places

* Micro, North Carolina, town in U.S.


People

* DJ Micro, (born Michael Marsicano) an American trance DJ and producer * Chii Tomiya (都宮 ちい, born 1991), Japanese female professional wrestler, ring name Micro * Micro, Nishimiya Yūki (born 1980), Japanese musician, member of the pop band Def Tech


Arts, entertainment, and media

* Micro (comics), often known as Micro, a character in Marvel Comics * ''Micro'' (novel), techno-thriller by Michael Crichton, published posthumously in 2011 * Micro (Thai band), a Thai rock band formed in 1983 * '' IEEE Micro'', a peer-reviewed scientific journal * International Symposium on Microarchitecture, an academic conference focus on microarchitecture *
Micromanagement (gameplay) Micromanagement in gaming is the handling of detailed gameplay elements by the player. It appears in a wide range of games and genres, including strategy video games, construction and management simulations, and pet-raising simulations. Micromanage ...
, the handling of detailed gameplay elements, such as individual units in realtime strategy games


Brands and enterprises

* Micro Cars, Sri Lankan automobile company, established 1995 * Micro Center, an American computer department store, established 1979 * Micro ISV (mISV or μISV), a term for a small independent software vendor * Micro Mobility Systems, Swiss company producing kickscooters


Computing

* ''Micro'', a mostly-obsolete term for a microcomputer, e.g.: **
BBC Micro The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across severa ...
* BBC Micro Bit, or micro:bit, an ARM-based embedded system for computer education * MICRO Relational Database Management System, an early set-theoretic database management system * Micro T-Kernel, μT-Kernel, a real-time operating system


Other uses

* MICRO (organization), a non-profit organization * Micro, type of bus transport in Lima, Peru * AAA battery, known as a micro cell * Micro kart, a one-passenger mini go-kart * Game Boy Micro, a 2005 Nintendo handheld and the final model in the Game Boy line * Microbrew, a beer from a small brewery


See also

* * * Macro (disambiguation) *
Micromachinery Micromachines are mechanics, mechanical objects that are fabrication (semiconductor), fabricated in the same general manner as integrated circuits. They are generally considered to be between 100 nanometres to 100 micrometres in size, although ...
* Microstate * Micros Systems * Mikro (disambiguation) * Mikra (disambiguation) {{disambiguation