home computer

noun

: a personal computer used in the home

Examples of home computer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Written on an early home computer with 10.5 million bytes of memory, Herbert’s work included treatments and rough outlines of what was meant to be—like Villeneuve’s contemporary adaptation—a two-part experience, at De Laurentiis’ initial suggestion. Max Evry, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024 The 400 was a strange beast: a hybrid home computer and game console that filled neither role well enough to hit the sweet spot Atari intended. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024 In the late 1970s, an ambitious new computer company called Apple started to brainstorm its next steps as the age of home computers suddenly seemed a reality. Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024 The industry’s operations in the US use roughly as much electricity as all of the nation’s home computers combined, according to a 2022 estimate by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Justine Calma, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024 It can be flown on your home computer or laptop in the X-Plane simulator today. Dan Sloat, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2024 Now's a great time to boost your home computer or laptop with Microsoft's latest OS: Windows 11 Home. Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024 Around the time Father Benanti first met Monsignor Paglia, an uncle gave him a Texas Instruments home computer for Christmas. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024 Instead, the first true home computer port came from Texas Instruments, the first non-CERL, non-CDC machines to run Micro-TUTOR. Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023

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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 29 Mar. 2024.

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