home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This makes accessing online bill payment portals via a laptop or home computer a significant challenge. —

Kevin O'Brien, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 By the eighties, home computers were being advertised as recipe-storing devices, but people seemed to spend more time on them making spreadsheets or playing games. —

Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024 Those who choose to take the conventional test instead can do that on a home computer, monitored by an online proctor, or at one of the computer stations in a DMV office. —

Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 This would parallel home computers, which initially only appealed to a small cadre of enthusiasts before new software opened up a much wider market. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home computer

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