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personal computer
(encz) | personal computer,osobní počítač |
personal computer
(gcide) | personal computer \personal computer\ n.
1. (Computers) A computer[2] designed for use by one person
at a time; -- contrasted with shared-time computers such
as a mainframe, server or minicomputer, which may be
accessed by multiple users each operating from a different
input device (in the 1990's, usually a terminal or
personal computer). A personal computer typically uses a
microprocessor for its CPU.
Syn: PC, microcomputer.
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personal computer
(wn) | personal computer
n 1: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and
designed to be used by one person at a time [syn: {personal
computer}, PC, microcomputer] |
personal computer
(foldoc) | personal computer
(PC) A general-purpose single-user microcomputer
designed to be operated by one person at a time.
This term and the concept has been successfully hijacked by
IBM due to the huge market share of the IBM PC, despite
its many obvious weaknesses when compared to other equally
valid claimants to the term, e.g. the Acorn Archimedes,
Amiga, Atari, Macintosh.
(1994-11-02)
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personal computer memory card international association
(czen) | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association,PCMCIA[zkr.]
[it.] Petr Prášek |
please call back personal computer memory card international association
(czen) | Please Call Back Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association,PCB[zkr.] |
hand-held personal computer
(foldoc) | palmtop
Hand-held Personal Computer
H/PC
pocket computer
(Or "pocket computer", "Hand-held Personal
Computer", H/PC) A small general-purpose, programmable,
battery-powered computer cabable of handling both numbers and
text (in contrast to most pocket calculators) which can be
operated comfortably while held in one hand. A palmtop is
usually loaded with an operating system such as {Windows
CE}. Data can be transferred between the palmtop and a
desktop PC.
A palmtop is very similar to a Personal Digital Assistant
though a palmptop may have a larger keyboard and more RAM
and is possibly more general purpose in concept, if not in
practise.
The Psion Organiser is one of the best known examples. [Was
it the first?]
(1998-04-19)
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multimedia personal computer
(foldoc) | Multimedia Personal Computer
(MPC) A specification published by the Multimedia
PC Marketing Council in 1990 to encourage the adoption of a
standard multimedia computing platform. In May 1993, the
MPC Marketing Council published a new specification called
MPC Level 2 Specification as an enhanced multimedia computer
standard. The original MPC specification, now also known as
the MPC Level 1 Specification, continues in full effect.
The appearance of the MPC or MPC2 certification mark on a
computer system or upgrade kit indicates that the hardware
meets the corresponding (Level 1 or Level 2) MPC Marketing
Council specification. Software bearing the Multimedia PC mark
has been designed to work on Multimedia PC licensed hardware.
By establishing a standard platform, certifying hardware
compliance and providing inter-operability between software
and hardware for the consumer, the MPC Marketing Council is
encouraging widespread use of multimedia applications and
hardware.
(1997-01-19)
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personal computer memory card international association
(foldoc) | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PC Card
(PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An
international trade association and the standards they have
developed for devicies, such as modems and external {hard
disk} drives, that can be plugged into notebook computers.
A PCMCIA card is about the size of a credit card.
For some unfathomable reason, around 1995(?) they decided to
rename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales to
confused purchasers.
(ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA).
Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite
G, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA.
Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107. Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416. BBS:
+1 (408) 720 9388.
(1996-10-16)
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