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...

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...

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

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

A personal computer game, also known as a computer game or abbreviated PC game, is a video game played on a personal computer (PC). The term PC game has...

company was founded to produce and market Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Its second computer, the Apple II, became a best seller as one of the first...

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

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...

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 and other proprietary connections[specify], later...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

cloned qualities, and the sector saw competition from inexpensive personal computers and new types of games being developed for them. The crash prompted...

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...

often implies that it is more powerful and reliable than standard personal computers, but alternatively, large computing clusters may be composed of many...

Workstations formerly offered higher performance than mainstream personal computers, especially in CPU, graphics, memory, and multitasking. Workstations...

Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) is an interviewing technique in which the respondent or interviewer uses an electronic device to answer...