home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, home computers became commonplace, and the ways in which early users of the World Wide Web were substantially different from those of today. —William Jones, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025

Carol Burnett, the ninety-two-year-old legend of American comedy, keeps a document on her home computer listing hundreds of performers she’s worked with, from Harpo Marx to Zooey Deschanel. —Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

This breakthrough sparked the rise of home computers, new software and internet service providers. —Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

These details will include their full legal names, addresses, turning on the location settings of their cell phones or home computer and applying the BetMGM bonus code when directions indicate. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home computer

• microcomputer
• minicomputer
• supercomputer
• commuter
• polluter
• recruiter
• neuter
• pewter
• router
• scooter
• shooter
• suitor