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class="oald"><div class="entry" sk="personalcomputer: :0" hclass="entry" hlength="17" id="personal-computer" htag="section" sum="396" idm_id="000044552"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="personal_computer_topg_1"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" htag="h1" hclass="headword" id="personal_computer_h_1">personal computer</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" wd="personal computer" htag="div" geo="br" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/p/per/perso/personal_computer_1_gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/p/per/perso/personal_computer_1_gb_1.ogg" title="personal computer pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top">聽</div><span class="phon">/藢p蓽藧s蓹nl k蓹m藞pju藧t蓹(r)/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" hclass="phons_n_am" htag="div" wd="personal computer" geo="n_am"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron/p/per/perso/personal_computer_1_us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/us_pron_ogg/p/per/perso/personal_computer_1_us_1.ogg" title="personal computer pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top">聽</div><span class="phon">/藢p蓽藧rs蓹nl k蓹m藞pju藧t蓹r/</span></div></span> <div class="variants" type="ab" htag="div" id="personal_computer_vgs_1" hclass="variants">(abbreviation <span class="v-g" id="personal_computer_vg_1"><span class="v" id="personal_computer_v_1">PC</span></span>)</div></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries"> jump to other results </a></div></div><ol class="sense_single" htag="ol"><li class="sense" htag="li" hclass="sense" id="personalcomputer_sng_1" fkcefr="a2"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a computer that is designed for one person to use at work or at home</span></span> <span class="xrefs" xt="cp" htag="span" hclass="xrefs"><span class="prefix">compare</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mainframe" title="mainframe definition"><span class="xr-g" href="mainframe_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">mainframe</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/microcomputer" title="microcomputer definition"><span class="xr-g" href="microcomputer_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">microcomputer</span></span></a></span><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/topic/computers?level=a2" title="Topic computers"><span class="topic" 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