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personal computer

a small, relatively inexpensive computer whose central processing unit is a microprocessor: used in the home, small businesses, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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