A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as word processing, internet...

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the...

of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one...

The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line, following...

share of personal computer vendors includes desktop computers, laptop computers, and netbooks but excludes mobile devices, such as tablet computers that do...

The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983...

Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer...

industrial robots. Computers are at the core of general-purpose devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones. Computers power the...

A personal computer game, also known as a computer game or abbreviated PC game, is a video game played on a personal computer (PC). Mainframe and minicomputer...

Personal Computer World (PCW) (February 1978 - June 2009) was the first British computer magazine. Although for at least the last decade it contained a...

much smaller physical size. While early PDAs connected to a user's personal computer via serial ports or another proprietary connection,[specify] later...

The DAI personal computer is an early home computer from the Belgian company Data Applications International. The DAI came to market in 1980. It provided...

The IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 is an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of the suitcase-size Compaq Portable...

non-midrange, personal computer manufacturing divisions into an autonomous wholly owned subsidiary known as the IBM Personal Computer Company (IBM PC...

Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976, to produce and market Steve Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The company was incorporated...

in a variety of network topologies. The nodes of a computer network can include personal computers, servers, networking hardware, or other specialized...

A desktop computer (often abbreviated desktop) is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed...

is also a major influence behind the electronics industry, where personal computer component, console, and peripheral sales, as well as consumer demands...

devices that contain a computer – from cellular phones and video game consoles to web servers and supercomputers. In the personal computer market, as of...

and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-system architectures were established in the 1960s, but they continue to evolve. Mainframe computers are...

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT...

computer virus that was released in its first form on 19 January 1986, and is considered to be the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer...

recipes to personal finance to home automation, but these were seldom realized in practice. For example, using a typical 1980s home computer as a home...

"Elk Cloner" was the first personal computer virus to appear "in the wild"—that is, outside the single computer or computer lab where it was created. Written...

A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a clamshell...

the most important processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a computer program, such as arithmetic, logic, controlling...

proposal, A personal computer for children of all ages (1972), which outlines functionality similar to that supplied via a laptop computer, or (in some...

of computers in the U.S. and 70 percent of computers worldwide. IBM entered the microcomputer market in the 1980s with the IBM Personal Computer, which...

consumption of computers. These advances led to the miniaturized personal computer (PC) in the 1970s, starting with home computers and desktop computers, followed...

The Personal Computer Museum was located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, in a building formerly owned by the municipal government. The building was built...