personal computer

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Etymology

From the trademark, IBM PC.

Noun

personal computer (plural personal computers)

1. A small computer, built around a microprocessor, for use by one person at a time (abbr. PC).

Related terms

• desktop computer
• laptop computer
• workstation
• home computer
• microcomputer
• minicomputer
• mainframe

Translations

small computer for use by one person at a time

Armenian: անհատական համակարգիչ (hy) (anhatakan hamakargičʿ) Bengali: ব্যক্তিগত কম্পিউটার (bn) Chinese: 個人電腦, 个人电脑 (gèrén diànnǎo) Czech: osobní počítač (cs) m. Finnish: henkilökohtainen tietokone (fi) Georgian: პერსონალური კომპიუტერი (ka) (personaluri kompiuteri) Greek: προσωπικός υπολογιστής (el) (prosopikós ypologistís) m. Hungarian: személyi számítógép (hu) Icelandic: einkatölva (is) f.

Japanese: パソコン (ja) (pasokon) Korean: 개인용 컴퓨터 (ko) (gaeinyong keompyuteo) Navajo: béésh bee akʼeʼelchí áłtsisígíí Polish: PC (pl), pecet (pl) m. Russian: персональный компьютер (ru) (personál'nyj komp'júter) m. Scottish Gaelic: coimpiutair pearsanta (gd) m. Sindhi: ذاتِي ڳڻپيُوڪَرُ (Zaatee Ggannpyookaru) Swedish: persondator (sv) c. Turkish: kişisel bilgisayar (tr)