personal computer
noun
: a general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (such as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The device promises patients the ability to control the mouse of their personal computer and use it to click. 
Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 As Jobs and his co-founder Steve Wozniak looked at the computing landscape around 1975, they were highly influenced by Eddie Roberts' creation of the first personal computer known as the Altair 8800. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 June 2022 Back in the late 1990s, when one bought a personal computer, one also bought an operating system, Windows (much ... Ryan Ellis, National Review, 28 June 2022 On Brady's birthday, Radio Shack introduced the TRS-80 personal computer — featuring 4K of RAM, 4K of ROM, a keyboard, a black-and-white screen and a tape-cassette drive – for $599. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2022 Hewlett Packard in 2015 spun off its product and services business into HP Enterprise, while renaming its personal computer and printer business HP Inc. Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 7 June 2022 Along a seemingly endless hallway in the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, where IBM developed its personal computer several decades ago, artworks displayed on a half dozen 65-inch commercial monitors rotate every 20 minutes. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2022 Conceived in August 1981, on the heels of IBM announcing its first personal computer, the original magazine was founded by the late David Bunnell with friends. Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 8 June 2022 This first personal microcomputer was featured in Popular Electronics in 1975 and prompted Steve Wozniak, who could not afford the Altair 8800, to create his own personal computer. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 June 2022 See More
Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 As Jobs and his co-founder Steve Wozniak looked at the computing landscape around 1975, they were highly influenced by Eddie Roberts' creation of the first personal computer known as the Altair 8800. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 June 2022 Back in the late 1990s, when one bought a personal computer, one also bought an operating system, Windows (much ... Ryan Ellis, National Review, 28 June 2022 On Brady's birthday, Radio Shack introduced the TRS-80 personal computer — featuring 4K of RAM, 4K of ROM, a keyboard, a black-and-white screen and a tape-cassette drive – for $599. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2022 Hewlett Packard in 2015 spun off its product and services business into HP Enterprise, while renaming its personal computer and printer business HP Inc. Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 7 June 2022 Along a seemingly endless hallway in the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, where IBM developed its personal computer several decades ago, artworks displayed on a half dozen 65-inch commercial monitors rotate every 20 minutes. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2022 Conceived in August 1981, on the heels of IBM announcing its first personal computer, the original magazine was founded by the late David Bunnell with friends. Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 8 June 2022 This first personal microcomputer was featured in Popular Electronics in 1975 and prompted Steve Wozniak, who could not afford the Altair 8800, to create his own personal computer. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 2 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
personal computer
noun
: a computer designed for an individual user