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personal computer

–noun

a microcomputer designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games. Abbreviation: PC

[Origin: 1975–80

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personal computer
n. Abbr. PC
A computer built around a microprocessor for use by an individual, as in an office or at home or school.

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personal computer
noun
a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time

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ˌpersonal comˈputer noun

(also PC) a small computer that can be used independently by an individual user for word-processing, games, e-mail, storage of information. etc

Arabic:	حاسوب شَخْصي
Chinese (Simplified):	私人电脑
Chinese (Traditional):	私人電腦
Czech:	osobní počítač
Danish:	pc
Estonian:	personaalarvuti
French:	ordinateur; PC
Greek:	προσωπικός Η, *Υ
Hungarian:	személyi számítógép
Indonesian:	komputer pribadi
Italian:	personal computer*, PC

Latvian:	personālais dators
Lithuanian:	asmeninis kompiuteris
Norwegian:	personlig datamaskin, PC
Polish:	komputer osobisty
Portuguese (Brazil):	computador pessoal
Russian:	персональный компьютер
Slovak:	osobný počítač
Slovenian:	osebni računalnik
Spanish:	ordenador personal
Swedish:	persondator
Turkish:	kişisel bilgisayar

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personal computer Audio Help (pûr'sə-nəl) Pronunciation Key
A computer built around a microprocessor for use by an individual. Personal computers have their own operating systems, software, and peripherals, and can generally be linked to networks. Compare mainframe.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
personal computer (PC)

A computer typically used in the home, office, or school. Also a generic term for a PC Microsoft® operating system.

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

personal computer computer
(PC) A general-purpose single-user microcomputer designed to be operated by one person at a time.
This term and the concept has been successfully hijacked by IBM due to the huge market share of the IBM PC, despite its many obvious weaknesses when compared to other equally valid claimants to the term, e.g. the Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari, Macintosh.
(1994-11-02)