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
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Devices matter—whether users are engaging in a mobile game or playing on a console or via personal computer, the audiences will differ widely, as will buyer preferences.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Family privacy in schools has been steadily eroding for decades as policymakers have allowed FERPA—written in 1974, before personal computers or the web—to become powerless against tech's expansion into classrooms.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
The company, known for designing some of the world’s first personal computers, built the first AI to defeat a world champion at chess, in 1997, and then the first AI to win the quiz show Jeopardy, in 2011.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
An Airbnb logo displayed on a smartphone and a planisphere world map displayed on a personal computer are seen in L’Aquila, Italy, on september 9th, 2023.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Family privacy in schools has been steadily eroding for decades as policymakers have allowed FERPA—written in 1974, before personal computers or the web—to become powerless against tech's expansion into classrooms.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
The company, known for designing some of the world’s first personal computers, built the first AI to defeat a world champion at chess, in 1997, and then the first AI to win the quiz show Jeopardy, in 2011.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
An Airbnb logo displayed on a smartphone and a planisphere world map displayed on a personal computer are seen in L’Aquila, Italy, on september 9th, 2023.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Personal computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20computer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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