A single-user computer. It typically refers to a Windows PC or Mac, but may also refer to a Linux PC. Also called a "client computer" or "client" or simply a "desktop." THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

I started using computers in 1974, when I was still in high school. My first computer took up an entire room and yet had only five kilobytes of RAM. Punched paper tape was the main form of data input, ...

a 3-petahertz PC in your future? CNET News.com explores the Web. Punched paper tape was the main form of data input, and the operator console was an electric typewriter. No screens, no cursor. The CPU ...