home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

During the closing arguments, the prosecutor displayed a photo that had been taken from Flores’ home computer: a woman with a ball gag in her mouth. —Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 9 July 2025

In 1983, a dentist in Michigan executed the world’s first online trade from his home computer, sending an order through Trade Plus—a precursor to E*Trade. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 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