home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

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Before home computers and desktop publishing, font selection for posters and invitations was left to the professionals; Comic Sans ushered in the era of the amateur’s choice, for good or ill. —

Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 This makes accessing online bill payment portals via a laptop or home computer a significant challenge. —

Kevin O'Brien, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 By the eighties, home computers were being advertised as recipe-storing devices, but people seemed to spend more time on them making spreadsheets or playing games. —

Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024 Those who choose to take the conventional test instead can do that on a home computer, monitored by an online proctor, or at one of the computer stations in a DMV office. —

Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home computer