home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

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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 Lasers found their way into CD players, barcode scanners and office printers, and many of us now own thousands of semiconductors in the form of a home computer. Jacklin Kwan, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home computer

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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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 8 Oct. 2025.

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