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home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

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Even the home computer that would have saved any footage of the fire from his rooftop weather camera went up in smoke. Cheri Mossburg, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 Bitcoin mining is so specialized now that a home computer, or even network of home computers, would have almost zero chance of being helpful in mining a block of bitcoin, according to Mohr, with mining farms use of specialized chips that are created to mine bitcoin much faster than a home computer. Kevin Williams, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for home computer

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home computer was in 1955

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“Home computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20computer. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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