パーソナルコンピューター

Japanese
パーソナルコンピューター (pāsonaru konpyūtā): a desktop PC.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English personal computer.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) パーソナルコンピュ​ーター [pàásónárú kóńpyúꜜùtàà] (Nakadaka – [8])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [pa̠ːso̞na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ kõ̞mpʲɨᵝːta̠ː]

Noun

パーソナルコンピューター (counter 台, rōmaji pāsonaru konpyūtā)

  1. (computing) a personal computer

Synonyms

See also
  • PC (ピーシー) (pīshī)
  • PC (ピーシー)/AT互換機 (エーティーごかんき) (pī-shī/ē-tī gokanki)

Usage notes
  • The dated term PC (ピーシー)/AT互換機 (エーティーごかんき) (pī-shī/ē-tī gokanki) occasionally appears in reference to modern computers, with the meaning x86-compatible (i.e., compatible with Intel and AMD processors).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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