personal computernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpɜː.sən.əl kəmˈpjuː.tər/us/ˌpɝː.sən.əl kəmˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/abbreviation PCa computer that is used mainly by people at home rather than by large organizations
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- motherboard
- mouse
- ram
- shift key
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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Examples from literature
- By the 1980s, many people had personal computers in their homes, and the World Wide Web, the Internet as we know it today, began in 1990.