"branch of technology concerned with microcircuits," by 1958, from micro- + electronics.
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micro-
word-forming element meaning "small in size or extent, microscopic; magnifying;" in science indicating a unit one millionth of the unit it is prefixed to; from Latinized form of mikros, Attic form of Greek smikros "small, little, petty, trivial, slight," perhaps from PIE *smika, from root *smik- "small" (source also of Old High German smahi "littleness"), but Beekes thinks it a Pre-Greek word.
electronics n.
1910, from electronic; also see -ics. The science of how electrons behave in vacuums, gas, semi-conductors, etc.