Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Past Commander
- abbreviation personal computer
- abbreviation police constable
- abbreviation politically correct
- abbreviation post commander
- abbreviation Prince Consort
- abbreviation Privy Council
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
piece , in the dry-goods trade. - noun An abbreviation of
Past Chief Patriarch . - noun An abbreviation of
Principal Clerk of Session . - noun An abbreviation of
pound-centigrade-unit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Computers), Initialism A personal computer; a computer{2} designed for use by one person at a time; -- contrasted with shared-time computers such as
mainframes andminicomputers , which may be accessed by multiple users each operating from a different input device (in the 1990's, usually a terminal). Apersonal computer typically uses a microprocessor for its CPU. - noun Initialism Acronym for
politically correct .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun metrology Symbol for the
petacoulomb , anSI unit ofelectric charge equal to 1015coulombs . - adjective Initialism of
partially continuous . - adjective Initialism of
politically correct . - adjective Initialism of
pro-choice . - adjective Canada, politics, dated Initialism of
Progressive Conservative . - noun Initialism of
parsec . - noun Initialism of
personal computer . - noun Initialism of
photocopy . - noun Initialism of
player character . - noun UK, Canada Initialism of police constable.
- noun Initialism of
political correctness . - noun organic chemistry Initialism of
polycarbonate . - noun Initialism of posterior commissure.
- noun Initialism of
privy council . - noun Initialism of privy councillor.
- noun US Initialism of
probable cause . - noun Initialism of Probate Court.
- noun TV Initialism of production code.
- noun Initialism of Professional Corporation.
- noun computing Initialism of
program counter . - noun Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- noun Canada, politics, dated Initialism of
Progressive Conservative . - noun Initialism of protective custody.
- noun Initialism of private chat.
- noun Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- proper noun Initialism of
Proto-Celtic . - proper noun Initialism of Penn Central.
- proper noun US, navy Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- proper noun Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- proper noun UK, politics Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
- proper noun US Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- proper noun Canada, politics Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- proper noun Canada, politics, dated Initialism of
Progressive Conservative Party . - verb To make
politically correct .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
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Examples
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But I prefer the term PC in a more generic "personal computer" sense.
CNET News.com 2011
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Granted, I might be using the term "PC" differently from the main proponent of the "post-PC" idea, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who eagerly trotted the phrase out over and over during the iPad 2 launch last week.
CNET News.com 2011
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Apple often means "Windows personal computer" when it uses the term "PC," as evidenced in the Mac vs.
CNET News.com 2011
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The term PC has become the standard term for any non-Mac personal computer.
Cult of Mac 2010
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Michael Berube points out that the term PC is doing the work that the term 'liberal' did for Bush in 1988 ": it's trying to dismiss large potential constituencies for cultural activism …"
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Michael Berube points out that the term PC is doing the work that the term 'liberal' did for Bush in 1988 ": it's trying to dismiss large potential constituencies for cultural activism …"
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The only down-side to a PC is the screens aren't necessarily as big and its still not standard (and a bit dorky) to have a controller hooked up to one.
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As well as the obvious physical locations (post-it notes, address books), keeping your passwords in a file called ‘passwords’ on your PC is a dumb idea, especially given the speed of search features these days.
How To Choose And Remember Secure Passwords | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The problem with developing for the PC is the cost to gain ratio is not kind to certain genres.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Force Unleashed: Looking really great 2008
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I have a Mac and the only difference between it and my PC is the processor and motherboard.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Apple / Intel Marriage 2005
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