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Noun
[edit]home computer (plural home computers)
- (computer hardware, dated) A computer intended for use in the home.
- Coordinate term: personal computer
- 1983, Using Your Home Computer, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 80:
- This last section is meant to draw your attention to a further sphere of potential use for your home computer, namely letting it monitor and control some activity directly, without your own participation […]
Usage notes
[edit]- Used mainly in the late 1970s and 1980s, when computers were available for the home for the first time.
Translations
[edit]computer intended for use in the home
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Further reading
[edit]home computer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia