machines. Chronology of Personal Computers – a chronology of computers from 1947 on "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures"...

used with personal computers. The term home computer has also been used, primarily in the late 1970s and 1980s. The advent of personal computers and the...

The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line, following...

personal computer (PC), in the 1970s. The cost of computers gradually became so low that personal computers by the 1990s, and then mobile computers (smartphones...

through digital distribution on online service providers. Personal computers as well as general computer software are considered synonymous with IBM PC compatible...

pioneers in computer science History of computing History of computing hardware History of software History of personal computers Timeline of algorithms...

present-day personal computers share architectural features in common with the original IBM PC, including the Intel-based Mac computers manufactured...

The history of tablet computers and the associated special operating software is an example of pen computing technology, and thus the development of tablets...

consumption of computers. These advances led to the miniaturized personal computer (PC) in the 1970s, starting with home computers and desktop computers, followed...

programming. Home computers were usually sold already manufactured in stylish metal or plastic enclosures. However, some home computers also came as commercial...

laptop. History of mobile phones History of personal computers History of software List of pioneers in computer science Timeline of portable computers Ago...

mid-1980s but declining by the early 1990s. Early personal computers, like the original IBM Personal Computer, were enclosed in a "desktop case", horizontally...

Brantford Opera House. Over fifty interactive personal computers were on display, from a wide variety of manufacturers, including Apple, Atari, Commodore...

inception in 1978 'personal computer' was still a generic term (the Apple II, PET 2001 and TRS-80 had been launched as personal computers in 1977.) The magazine...

as an overview of and topical guide to computers: Computers – programmable machines designed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical...

three decades, Apple Computer was predominantly a manufacturer of personal computers, including the Apple II, Macintosh, and Power Mac lines, but it...

and by computers running CP/M. After IBM introduced the IBM PC, it was not until 1984 that IBM PC and clones became the dominant computers. In 1983...

Samsung Q1, an Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) Q1 microcomputer, an early offering in the history of personal computers The Universe, which has Wikidata...

Computers can be classified, or typed, in many ways. Some common classifications of computers are given below. Microcomputers became the most common type...

multiple bits simultaneously in parallel. Throughout most of the history of personal computers, data has been transferred through serial ports to devices...

"hand-held" device compatible with desktop IBM personal computers of the time was the Atari Portfolio of 1989; such devices were often called "Palmtop...

needed] Online music groups date back almost as far as the history of personal computers, and share close ties with video games and the demoscene. Early...

Intel 8008). The Computer History Museum currently says that the Micral is one of the earliest commercial, non-kit personal computers. The 1971 Kenbak-1...

The DAI personal computer is an early home computer from the Belgian company Data Applications International. The DAI came to market in 1980. It provided...

sign of it so far. — British newspaper The Star in a June 1949 news article about the EDSAC computer, long before the era of the personal computers. In...

industrial robots. Computers are at the core of general-purpose devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones. Computers power the...

may constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers...

commonly used for modern computers. The designation "PC", as used in much of personal computer history, has not meant "personal computer" generally, but rather...

computer) architecture supported. The OS was originally developed by Acorn Computers for use with their 1987 range of Archimedes personal computers using...

intermingling of individuals from diverse social groups. It supported early models of networking personal computers using telephone lines. The history of PCC and...