home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

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Mobile Store Realistically, most people shopping on your online store won’t be doing it from their home computers but instead from their phones. Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2025 Automobiles are susceptible to cyber threats just like your home computer or smartphone. David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024 Either the test or the course can be taken from a home computer. Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 Before home computers and desktop publishing, font selection for posters and invitations was left to the professionals; Comic Sans ushered in the era of the amateur’s choice, for good or ill. Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for home computer

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of home computer was in 1955

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“Home computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20computer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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