home computer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of home computer
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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This is much more like buying a game for your home computer.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
The newspaper ad, from 1996, features a man logging on to his home computer to trade stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Even though he predicted the PC movement, Moore told Forbes magazine that he did not buy a home computer himself until the late 1980s.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2023
The ACP subsidy enables many Southern Californians to obtain a broadband connection to their home computer, game console and smart TV sets at no charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
They are oddly shaped, each a six-inch square block, much larger than a home computer, and each is connected to its own battery dock.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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