Bright Eye...:ignorance is bliss including the fact that youre insulting a person whom was here in the erra of the computer revolution where as you however came in on the tail end of it, buh bye, thanks for the time & the little conversation if that at best is what it could be called, by the way, anyone else will call this idea let alone banter of yours ignorant
fseanb2...: all laptops are PCs but all PCs are NOT laptops. a PC is Personal Compuer. a Mac is a personal computer but never calleda PC... how stupid.
Bright Eye...: most know the term of PC as it being a personal computer as others call a laptop a laptop cause it can sit on youre lap, but it must me this western washington thing here?
fseanb2...: and all laptops are PCs btw
what do you think?? why?
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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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WordNet - Cite This Source 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
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source personal computer (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.
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personal computer (PC)
A computer typically used in the home, office, or school. Also a generic term for a PC Microsoft® operating system.
[Chapter:] Technology
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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)
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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
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[Origin: 1975–80]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source 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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WordNet - Cite This Source personal computer
noun
a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
ˌpersonal comˈputer noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source personal computer (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.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source
personal computer (PC)
A computer typically used in the home, office, or school. Also a generic term for a PC Microsoft® operating system.
[Chapter:] Technology
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
