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personal computer (PC)

a small COMPUTER used as a desktop data processing facility in business and for personal use. In the office, PCs and desk-top workstations are often linked together in LOCAL AREA NETWORKS enabling them to share data and peripherals such as printers, fax machines, scanners etc. For many tasks the PC has replaced the large mainframe computer (see DOWNSIZING). See INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.
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Ed Roberts, MD, helped invent one of the first home computers and once worked closely with two fledgling corn puter junkies: Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
In June, a pupil used a home computer, a photograph and the web to make false claims about his sexuality.
I know what comes to mind about now: "My customer would not want to settle for a low performance low reliability desktop, home computer disk solution.
In 1996, 98.7% of Canadian households owned telephones, 74% subscribed to cable (one of the highest proportions of any western nation), and 31.6% had a home computer, with about half of this latter group owning both a computer and modem (Statistics Canada, 1996).
Consumers are beginning to see a decline in prices for home computers. Several PC manufacturers have already introduced sub-$1,000 systems, and there is talk of $600 systems appearing on the market by the fall.
Despite all the above arguments to the contrary, I still don't want to leave my home computer on all the time.
However, the IRS ruled that the computer was not required as a condition of employment; there was no evidence that the computers supplied by the employer were insufficient to enable the taxpayer properly to perform the duties of his employment and no clear showing that the taxpayer could not perform properly his duties without a home computer.
In the late '70s, the advent of the home computer market--brought about by hardware companies such as Atari, Commodore, Texas Instruments and Timex Sinclair, which were marketing "PCs" to be used for home productivity, education and entertainment applications --ushered in the next evolutionary phase for printers.
Electronically, they link into the nursing home computer system and function in the same way as a notebook computer, but the keyboard is replaced by an electronic stylus, or "pen," which is used to "write" on a display screen.
If you see dollar signs when you think of buying a home computer, you're not alone.
With a home computer system and a modem, a person who is concerned can access information on various aspects of most disabilities.
We know of one home gardener in Eugene, Oregon, who keeps records of more than 1,800 plants, including planting dates and bloom periods, on her home computer.