English Explanatory Dictionary

personal computer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A computer for use by one person at a time (using a microprocessor).
  2. The IBM Personal Computer.
  3. A PC-compatible computer.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-personal computer.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-personal computer.wav

Word forms

personal computer personal computers

Etymology

Often attributed to Stewart Brand (1974), but in use before (see quotations).

Synonyms

PC desktop computer microcomputer PC clone IBM PC clone

Translations

Albanian: kompjuter personal Arabic: كَمْبْيُوتَر شَخْصِيّ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܝܵܐ Armenian: անհատական համակարգիչ Azerbaijani: şəxsi kompüter Belarusian: персана́льны камп'ю́тар Belarusian: пэрсана́льны кампу́тар Belarusian: ПК Bengali: ব্যক্তিগত কম্পিউটার Bulgarian: персона́лен компю́тър Chinese Cantonese: 個人電腦 /个人电脑 Chinese Mandarin: 個人電腦 /个人电脑 Czech: osobní počítač Danish: personlig computer Dutch: personal computer Estonian: personaalarvuti Faroese: egintelda Faroese: telda Finnish: henkilökohtainen tietokone French: ordinateur personnel Galician: ordenador persoal Georgian: პერსონალური კომპიუტერი German: Personalcomputer Greek: προσωπικός υπολογιστής Hebrew: מחשב אישי Hindi: व्यक्तिगत कंप्यूटर Hindi: ज़ाती कंप्यूटर Hungarian: személyi számítógép Icelandic: einkatölva Indonesian: komputer pribadi Italian: personal computer Italian: computer personale Italian: calcolatore personale Italian: elaboratore personale Italian: ordinatore personale Italian: computatore personale Italian: computiere personale Japanese: パソコン Japanese: ＰＣ (pī-shī) Japanese: パーソナルコンピューター Kazakh: дербес компьютер Korean: 개인용 컴퓨터 Korean: 피시 Kyrgyz: персоналдык компьютер Lao: ຄອມພິວເຕີສ່ວນບຸກຄົນ Latvian: personālais dators Lithuanian: asmeninis kompiuteris Macedonian: личен сметач Malay: komputer peribadi Mongolian: персональ компьютер Navajo: béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí Norwegian Bokmål: personlig datamaskin Iranian Persian: رایانِهٔ شَخْصی
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