personal computer
noun
: a general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (such as a word processor or Internet browser) for an individual user
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But one look at this endless rotation out of anything with earnings risk relative to the economy, or anything with exposure to data centers, personal computers, semiconductors, and enterprise software tells you that about 50% of the market is now radioactive.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Thousands of the $700 devices are now obsolete after Humane shut down its business in February and sold its assets to personal computer maker HP for $116 million, after receiving few orders and disappointing reviews for the product.
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
In the early days of personal computers, word processing software such as WordStar and WordPerfect offered a feature called Mail Merge that enabled users to personalize mass mailings.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Then an editor for the Science section and a personal computers columnist, Mr. Lewis recalled predicting that by the millennium, Times articles would be read on personal computer screens, in cyberspace.
—Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Thousands of the $700 devices are now obsolete after Humane shut down its business in February and sold its assets to personal computer maker HP for $116 million, after receiving few orders and disappointing reviews for the product.
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
In the early days of personal computers, word processing software such as WordStar and WordPerfect offered a feature called Mail Merge that enabled users to personalize mass mailings.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Then an editor for the Science section and a personal computers columnist, Mr. Lewis recalled predicting that by the millennium, Times articles would be read on personal computer screens, in cyberspace.
—Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Personal computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20computer. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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