home computer

American  

noun

1. a personal computer used in the home.

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Etymology

Origin of home computer

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

She sat down in front of her home computer to record a video announcing that he had been sacked from the shadow cabinet and suspended from the Conservative Party.

From BBC

This is much more like buying a game for your home computer.

From BBC

The newspaper ad, from 1996, features a man logging on to his home computer to trade stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

After they mislaid evidence a number of times, she says, she carried her home computer and a pile of paperwork into the police station.

From BBC

He says a tax rebate on home computers in Sweden "wired or connected all of us much faster than other countries".

From BBC